Inter Miami head coach Javier Mascherano took issue with Major League Soccer's decision to suspend both Lionel Messi and Jordi Alba for Saturday's match against FC Cincinnati after the pair sat out the MLS All-Star Game without getting prior approval to do so.

Lionel Messi and Jordi Alba are set to rejoin Javier Mascherano’s squad when Inter Miami host Liga MX side Atlas at Chase Stadium in Wednesday’s Leagues Cup opener.

Messi was spotted in Como over the weekend, sparking a splurge of speculative transfer tittle-tattle linking the 38-year-old with a move to Serie A. Inter Miami’s skipper already has one former Barcelona teammate for a manager and the prospect of swapping Javier Mascherano for another Camp Nou alumni was brought to Fàbregas’s attention this week.

Inter Miami icon Lionel Messi has been brutally snubbed by LAFC star Denis Bouanaga as the supposedly best player in MLS is namechecked.

Soccer superstar Lionel Messi is teaming up with the drinkware brand Stanley to release a new collection of drinkware products.