LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRNAGERS)-Lionel Messi has technically become a free agent, allowing him to negotiate with any club despite having a contract with Inter Miami until December 2025. According to FIFA regulations, players within six months of their contract expiration can sign with another team, and Messi is now eligible to take advantage of…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lionel Messi will not win another Ballon d’Or this year after being left out of the nominees revealed by organisers on Wednesday, as stars of Spain’s Euro 2024-winning team and Real Madrid’s Champions League victors feature heavily. Messi claimed the eighth Ballon d’Or of his glittering career last year. Now aged 37,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Inter Miami lost its third straight preseason game, 6-0 to Al-Nassr, on Thursday. It bled goals to the Saudi Arabian club, even with Cristiano Ronaldo absent. With Lionel Messi also resting, reportedly protecting against an injury, Miami didn’t score. And naturally, panic began to percolate. This was Miami’s third goose egg in…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Luis Suarez re-united with his former Barcelona team-mate Lionel Messi on Saturday and said he hoped his move to Inter Miami would boost his chances of competing in June’s Copa America with Uruguay. The 36-year-old striker took part in his first training session with the Major League Soccer club on Saturday following…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lionel Messi and Erling Haaland are among the leading contenders to win this year’s men’s Ballon d’Or, while Spain World Cup star Aitana Bonmati leads the nominees announced on Wednesday for the women’s prize. Messi, who recently left Paris Saint-Germain for Inter Miami, is in with a chance of succeeding Karim Benzema…
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Chinese football fan who stormed the pitch and hugged Lionel Messi during a friendly match between Australia and Argentina in Beijing on Thursday has been placed under “administrative detention,” according to police in the Chinese capital. The fan, who is 18 years old and identified by the police as “Di,” has…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lionel Messi confirmed on Wednesday that he will be signing for Inter Miami on a free transfer this summer following the expiry of his contract at PSG, and he could be joined in America by two former Barcelona team-mates. Despite a return to Barcelona being a “dream”, Messi eventually settled on a…
LAGOS APRIL 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Lionel Messi could be in line for a sensational return to Barcelona after the Catalan club confirmed they were in talks with their former forward. Messi left Barcelona in the summer of 2021 due to the club’s financial crisis, which meant they could not afford to keep him despite numerous promises from…