Galatasaray president Dursun Özbek claimed that his club’s financial structure would allow for the sensational arrival of Lionel Messi this winter without definitively backing this proposed move.
Spurious rumors linking Inter Miami’s captain with a January exit have bubbled away in recent weeks as the end of the MLS season beckons. The prospect of Messi going without any competitive soccer for the best part of two months before the 2026 season starts up again in February has raised some concerns about the 38-year-old’s physical condition coming into June’s World Cup.
