“Heal Up, Get Well Soon” – Hours Before Lionel Messi’s Presentation, Injured Rival Star Fires at MLS by Highlighting Critical Issue, Fans React

The American soccer world has its eyes set on the Argentine soccer icon, Lionel Messi. Days after landing in Miami, the MLS side Inter Miami unveiled the 2022 World Cup winner in a grand presentation. Messi surely has taken his talents to some of the greatest soccer clubs in Europe and has had a wonderful record in keeping injuries at bay. However, Messi will indeed have to put up a tough fight to avoid injuries on the American stage.

Shortly before Inter Miami unveiled Messi, an injured MLS star from a rival club highlighted a serious concern pertaining to the league. Fans rushed in and wished a speedy recovery to the injured player.

Injured soccer star exposes key MLS concern before Lionel Messi’s presentation

On Saturday, the LA Galaxy locked horns with the Vancouver Whitecaps at the latter’s home ground. The hosts defeated LA 4-2. LA Galaxy midfielder Mark Delgado scored one of the two goals during the matchup. Other than the defeat, an ankle injury also came hitting for Delgado in the match.

Before Messi’s Inter Miami presentation, Delgado took to Twitter and broke his silence on his injury. “Hopefully it ain’t too serious. Appreciate the love!,” Delgado tweeted. In the tweet, he also wrote hashtag “TurfS**ks .” This indeed is a sly dig at clubs that use artificial turf instead of grass. Several studies conducted by sports medicine experts prove that players who play in turfs are more prone to injuries than those who play in grass. Anyhow, several MLS sides, including the Whitecaps use turfs.

Seeing Delgado’s tweet, quite a lot of fans rushed to show him some love.

Fan wishes nothing but a speedy recovery for the LA Galaxy midfielder.

Delgado gets staunch support from a fan.

This fan has a similar distaste for turfs. Well, it seems reasonable enough.

Fan can’t wait to have Delgado back in LA.

More love for Delgado.

These MLS turfs will be all the more concerning for Messi, as fans had recently grown anxious seeing Leo Messi’s knees.

Fans went berserk over Lionel Messi’s knees

Shortly before landing in Miami, Leo Messi took to Instagram with pictures from his recent vacation. Messi could be seen enjoying a cocktail by the side of a swimming pool on a sunny day. However, all fans noticed was the Argentine’s knees. His two knees looked different and the knee on his famous left leg seemed a bit out of place.

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Here is what the fans had to say.

“why yo knees look like that.”

“Is it me or is his knee’s deformed? Lol.”

“Bro. Your knee has a knee .”

“I thought Messi had an amputated leg for a second.”

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Messi does not have a knee injury now. Neither is his knee deformed. But let us not overlook the fact that turfs cause crucial injuries for players very often.