The wink from one of Inter Miami's owners to Messi: I'm sure our paths will cross

Marcelo Claure, one of the owners of MLS team Inter Miami, gave what might be seen as a little wink regarding Lionel Messi's future with a comment on social media.

Messi had gifted a signed shirt to the Bolivian businessman and his message of thanks contained words that chime with the Argentine's stated desire to play the US one day.

"Thanks [Messi] for sending me this shirt," wrote Claure on Instagram.

"We will take good care of it.

"The football world is a small place and I'm sure our paths will cross."

It remains to be seen if their paths will indeed cross in connection with Inter Miami, but Messi has said he would be interested in an MLS move.

"I always had the dream of being able to enjoy and experience the United States and to experience that league," Messi said in an interview with Jordi Evole.