Soccer great Lionel Messi says he's coming to Inter Miami CF

FOR JOINING US ON ALL OF OUR CBS NEWS MIAMI PLATFORMS. I AM LAUREN PASTRANA. AND I AM ELIOTT RODRIGUEZ. CBS NEWS MIAMI STARTING RIGHT NOW. THIS IS CBS NEWS MIAMI. IN THE SPORTS WORLD. THE BIGGEST SOCCER STAR IN THE WORLD IS TAKING HIS TALENTS TO SOUTH FLORIDA. LIONEL MESSI ANNOUNCING A SHORT TIME AGO HE’S SET TO SIGN WITH INTER-MIAMI. CBS NEWS MIAMI’S TRISH CHRISTAKIS IS HE IS STUNNING THE WORLD, MAKING THE DECISION TO COME TO MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER FOR INTER-MIAMI. THE WORLD’S WORLD CUP CHAMPIONSHIP. THIS IS HUGE FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. I SPOKE WITH SOCCER COMMENTATOR

AND ICON RIGHT HUDSON, AND HE TOLD ME THIS IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAY IN ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA SPORTS HISTORY. MAKING A REMARKABLE MOVE THAT HAS SOCCER FANS ON THEIR FEET. IS ABSOLUTELY WILD. IT’S INSANE. MICKEY MAKES THE MOVE TO MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER, PLAYING HERE FROM INTER MIAMI . ONE OF THE BEST SOCCER COMMENTATORS SAYS TODAY’S NEWS IS BEYOND DRAW DROPPING. AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAY AND ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA’S SPORTING HISTORY. THE DATE THAT THE GREATEST FOOTBALL PLAYER — SOCCER PLAYER, IN THE HISTORY OF THE GAME LANDED HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

ROMANO TWEETED OUT THAT IF IT HAD BEEN A MARTYR OF MONEY, IT WOULD GO TO ARABIA OR SOMETHING ELSE. THE TRUTH IS THAT MY FINAL DECISION GOES

ELSEWHERE, NOT BECAUSE OF MONEY. THE SPECULATION IS ABOUT, BUT THEY BEEN RESOLUTE AND LANDED THE GREATEST FOOTBALL PLAYER IN THE HISTORY OF THE GAME. REACTION IS ONE AND THE SAME WITH HUDSONS, COMPLETE SHOCK AND EXCITEMENT. IT’S ONE OF THE GODS IN FOOTBALL, LIVING ON A PLANET POPULATED BY THREE. PELLEY, MIRA DONNA, AND MESSI, AND IN MY OPINION, MESSI IS THE BEST. THIS IS MESSI BEING MOZART AND THE REST

OF THEM, EVEN — STANDARD OF — WONDERFUL OF ATHLETES THAT YOU HAVE MENTIONED. THE BANJO PLAYERS COMPARED TO HIM. THE OWNER OF INTER MIAMI, JORGE MAAS, TWEETING OUT THIS PICTURE, ADDING TO THE MANIA WITH THE SILHOUETTE OF HIS INTER-MIAMI JERSEY. PART OF HIS DEAL HERE WITH INTER-MIAMI IS THAT HE WILL GET A PERCENTAGE OF SHORT SALES DIRECTLY FROM ADIDAS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF ACQUIRING AN MLS FRANCHISE AT THE END OF HIS CAREER, AND A PERCENTAGE ON SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE MLS SEASON