By: Aanya
If reports are to be believed, the game of soccer might see the unprecedented - Kevin de Bruyne might play alongside Lionel Messi because Inter Miami have a chance to sign Kevin de Bruyne as the Manchester City midfield maestro has already announced that he will leave the 2023-24 Premier League champions after this season.
Bruyne's contract at City will end at the end of the season which will allow other teams to sign him as a free agent. The Belgian midfielder is expected to make a get out of Europe in the fag end of his career to make a big money move.
According to a report on a popular sports website, Inter Miami holds the discovery rights of De Bruyne in MLS, which might help them form a duo with arguably the greatest footballer ever Lionel Messi. The Major League Soccer has a rule where clubs have to sign up up to five players to their discovery list at any given time. The club then holds the exclusive rights of the players they listed to start negotiations with them without competition from other MLS clubs.
Inter Miami have already assembled a star-studded line-up by signing four Barcelona legends: Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, Jordi Alba, and Sergio Busquets. If they add De Bruyne to the list, it will only help Messi add more titles to Miami's cabinet.
Bruyne, 33, has won 14 major trophies since joining City from Wolfsburg in 2015, including six Premier League titles and the Champions League in 2023. Nothing about this is easy to write, but as football players, we all know this day eventually comes. That day is here - and you deserve to hear it from me first - Bruyne said in a post on social media.