Lionel Messi has taken centre phase at Inter Miami considering the fact that he signed for the Main Soccer League outfit this summer.
But eagle-eyed supporters have noticed it really is not only the Barcelona legend that is often in the highlight… and it really is not an additional Miami star.
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Messi’s bodyguard has also turn into a normal function for the duration of the quite a few moments of magic the Argentine has developed subsequent his free of charge transfer from Paris Saint-Germain.
Footage posted by admirers on social media demonstrates the tall, muscular gentleman often standing on the edge of the pitch for the duration of online games.
He also enters the pitch immediately after the entire time whistle, guiding Messi down the tunnel and even standing in the way of him and any person that ways him.
The bodyguard is usually dressed in a black Inter Miami polo shirt and black trousers, and admirers now recognise him as the man in cost of preserving just one of football’s biggest at any time players secure.
In accordance to Argentine newspaper La Nacion, the MLS club – co-owned by England and Manchester United legend David Beckham – hired the bodyguard.
The report promises Messi’s new shadow is Yassine Chueko, a former US Military soldier who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan as a Navy Seal.
The Argentine follows Chueko’s Instagram, which has many movies of him taking part in martial arts, taekwondo, boxing and MMA fights.
The report also states he follows Messi and his family all around exterior of football and coaching far too, which includes when they go procuring at the grocery store.
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The 36-year-outdated has presently scored 10 goals in eight appearances for the MLS facet, which include a person in the Leagues Cup remaining, with Beckham’s club going on to earn their initially piece of silverware.
Beckham’s fellow Inter Miami co-owner Jorge Mas disclosed the club experienced placed a emphasis on protection next Messi’s arrival.
“Stability will certainly be improved,” he told the Miami Herald. “Gamers will be bussed in, going by way of a tunnel. All of those safety protocols are previously ready both for listed here and away. And it’s not only for our video games.
“It’s likely to be an daily occurrence and anything we witnessed and I considered handled extremely properly when [Messi] was in this article with Argentina ahead of the Planet Cup.
“As you may recall, Argentina properly trained in Miami just before they flew in excess of to to Doha. We had an opportunity to see some of the Messi mania at our doors on an everyday foundation in the course of follow. So, we’re really geared up. We have been obtaining completely ready for this.”
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