Millions of people around the world have seen Lionel Messi’s latest interview in which he announced to journalists from Mundo Deportivo and Sport that he was leaving for Inter Miami and would not be able to play for FC Barcelona next year, despite having wanted to after leave PSG.
However, what many people did not stop to think about is the message on Messi’s white shirt: “Do a kickflipâ€. Basically, the kickflip is a very recognizable skateboard trick where you jump by spinning your skateboard around to land back on it.
This spectacular and recognizable pirouette for some occult experts is a metaphor for Messi’s choice to go to Miami, leaving everyone speechless since he has neither chosen to go to Saudi Arabia and its succulent economic proposal nor has he maintained a soap opera with Barça as it happened several summers ago.
“After having won everything, today I look beyond sports. Today I look at the well-being of the family. Today I want to get out of the spotlight a bitâ€, Messi explained, thus justifying having opted for a destination like Miami, which is neither the competitive elite nor the best option to earn money, since the Arab league was much more forceful in this regard.
In short, with this shirt Leo has come to say that he has done a kickflip in front of the whole world, a pirouette that has left many astonished, although it is also true that for the fans of the Catalans there has been an inevitable thorn.
“I made the decision to go to Miami. I still haven’t closed it one hundred percent. But it was clear to me that if Barcelona didn’t work out, I wanted to leave Europe, get out of the spotlight, much more so after winning the World Cupâ€, summed up the best player in history.
