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Lionel Messi<\/a>‘s next club, Inter Miami, announced Friday it will hold a presentation event, called ‘The Unveil’, on July 16 at its home stadium. Argentine seven-time Ballon d’Or winner Messi said last month that he was moving to the Major League Soccer club after allowing his contract at Paris Saint-Germain to run out. “The major unveiling event will include exciting entertainment, speeches on the pitch and more,” the club said in a press release, which did not mention Messi by name.<\/p>\n Messi, who won the World Cup with Argentina in December, is expected to be joined at Miami by his former Barcelona teammate and ex-Spain international midfielder Sergio Busquets<\/a> and the pair could be presented together.<\/p>\n The club recently appointed former Barcelona and Argentina coach Gerardo “Tata” Martino to take charge of the team.<\/p>\n Messi is expected to make his debut on July 21 against Mexican club Cruz Azul in the new Leagues Cup — a tournament between top flight clubs from MLS and the Mexican league.<\/p>\n Inter Miami majority owner Jorge Mas has said the club could make “three to five signings” during the current transfer window.<\/p>\n Inter Miami is at the bottom in MLS’ Eastern Conference and ranked 28th of 29 clubs in the league.<\/p>\n Martino said, upon his appointment, that he had spoken to Messi and Busquets about their impending move to the MLS club.<\/p>\n “Sometimes in our world you associate United States and Miami with holidays. And it’s not that. They are coming to compete.<\/p>\n “They are coming from winning world titles, Spanish league titles. They are not going to relax. They will compete because it is in their blood,” he said.<\/p>\n “The Unveil” will be conducted at the club’s DRV PNK Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, north of Miami.<\/p>\n Former England and Manchester United midfielder David Beckham<\/a>, a co-owner of the club, is also likely to appear at the event.<\/p>\n (This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)<\/i><\/p>\n