Don Garber, the Major League Soccer commissioner, sheepishly admitted Sunday afternoon that like most soccer fans around the world, he did not believe the Inter Miami ownership group would be able to deliver on its dream to bring Lionel Messi to the club.
But hours before Messi’s glitzy Inter Miami introduction ceremony later that night, Garber said he was delighted they were able to seal the deal. In a wide-ranging interview with a select group of reporters, Garber heaped praise on team owners Jorge and Jose Mas and David Beckham and talked about how Messi will change MLS.
“This journey here in Miami has been an epic one,” he said. “Working with David as a player and giving him the opportunity to have an option to purchase a team, the exercise of that option, when we announced in 2014 that the team would be here in Miami.
