"Can it happen? Look, we’ll push. I’m an optimist at heart. Could I see that happening? It’s a possibility."

For three years now, rumors have swirled that Argentine superstar Lionel Messi might join Inter Miami for the next stage of his career.

Each time reports popped up around the world, team officials told the Herald that while they would love to have a player of Messi’s caliber and character, any suggestion they had agreed to a deal was pure conjecture and inaccurate.

The latest report came Sunday from the Times of London, and this time, team sources confirmed to the Herald that conversations with Messi are ongoing, have reached an advanced stage, but there is more negotiating to be done and it would be “premature” to report that a deal is imminent.

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