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‘Mind blowing’ Lionel Messi makes ‘dream’ come true for Inter Miami teammate after unexpected move to MLS

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<p>Eight-time Ballon d’Or winner <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/secret-meetings-10-year-project-how-david-beckham-signed-lionel-messi-inter-miami-co-owner/bltcc28a521e2bdff22 " target="_blank">Messi took the decision to head for America in 2023</a> when reaching the end of his contract at Paris Saint-Germain. A move to MLS had been speculated on prior to that, but his <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/lionel-messi-inter-miami-mls-super-bowl-taylor-swift-nfl/blt39d85cdceedca32c" target="_blank">arrival in the United States still came as a surprise to many</a>.</p><div class="affiliate-button-container theme-1" data-name="Apple TV"><div class="affiliate-button"><img class="logo" height="40" width="72" src="https://eu-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltcc7a7ffd2fbf71f5/blt2de198b67da95a2e/65709d2436cf7d0407034ef9/Apple_TV.png" style="width: 72px; height: 40px;"><span class="affiliate-text">Get the MLS Season Pass today!</span></div><a href="https://tv.apple.com/channel/tvs.sbd.7000?itsct=goal_mls&amp;itscg=30200&amp;at=1010l39UY" class="affiliate-button-link" target="_blank">Stream games now</a></div>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>Plenty of those now <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/what-like-train-lionel-messi-goat-five-six-steps-ahead-inter-miami-youngster-ryan-carmichael-explains-surreal-experience/blt72aa66f1e648b4de" target="_blank">occupy the same dressing room in Florida</a>, with Ruiz prepared to admit that he never expected to be <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/stand-still-more-lionel-messi-david-ruiz-key-advice-inter-miami-leagues-cup/blt413edb07a1b431f2" target="_blank">a club colleague of the all-time gre</a>at. He has been now for over a year, with the 20-year-old Miami native thrilled to be working with <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/video-lionel-messi-45-titles-celebrated-epic-fashion-inter-miami-fireworks-display-tribute-mls-win-chicago-fire/blt3fb2924d4e1a609c" target="_blank">the most decorated player in history</a>.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>Honduras international Ruiz has told Inter Miami’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h46G39U6xA4 " target="_blank"><em>official YouTube channel</em></a> when asked if he <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/david-ruiz-living-inter-miami-dream-watching-lionel-messi-cristiano-ronaldo-on-tv-al-nassr-next-mls-outfit-pre-season/blta935d4038ea41d03" target="_blank">thought Messi would ever be his teammate</a>: “No, I didn’t. I was just trying to break in with the first-team, and it was crazy, everything was going my way and then when Messi came in, it was mind blowing, I really didn’t expect that. I was a little kid watching him play, and now playing with him is a dream.”</p>

WHAT RUIZ SAID

<p>Ruiz has been a regular again for Inter Miami this season, as they <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/lionel-messi-inter-miami-argentine-mls-fixture-antonela-thiago-third-kit/blt0b31e6ab2facae73" target="_blank">chase down MLS Cup and Leagues Cup glory</a>, with the Herons looking for others to step up at present as talismanic captain Messi works his way back from an <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/video-lionel-messi-ankle-swells-size-golf-ball-argentina-inter-miami-superstar-tears-injury-copa-america-final-colombia/bltfebca9f5b14d26cd" target="_blank">ankle injury picked up in the 2024 Copa America final</a>.</p>

WHAT NEXT?

‘Mind blowing’ Lionel Messi makes ‘dream’ come true for Inter Miami teammate after unexpected move to MLS | Goal.com English Kuwait

David Ruiz admits that playing alongside Lionel Messi at Inter Miami has been “mind blowing”, with the Argentine icon making dreams come true.