{"id":46098,"date":"2026-06-25T22:55:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T22:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/46098\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T22:55:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T22:55:30","slug":"messis-inter-miami-deny-talks-with-barcelona-over-2027-gamper-trophy-participation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/46098\/","title":{"rendered":"Messi&#8217;s Inter Miami deny talks with Barcelona over 2027 Gamper Trophy participation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rumours linking Inter Miami with a potential appearance in Barcelona\u2019s 2027 Joan Gamper Trophy have been played down after sources at the MLS club stated that no discussions have taken place between the two sides, confirms <a href=\"https:\/\/as.com\/futbol\/el-inter-de-miami-de-messi-no-negocia-con-el-barcelona-su-participacion-en-el-gamper-f202606-n\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">AS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speculation had suggested that Lionel Messi\u2019s team could headline Barcelona\u2019s traditional pre-season fixture, setting the stage for the Argentine legend\u2019s emotional return to the newly renovated Spotify Camp Nou. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, according to sources close to Inter Miami, no negotiations are currently underway.<\/p>\n<p>No contact between clubs<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those within the American club have confirmed that there have been no formal or informal conversations with Barcelona regarding participation in the 2027 Gamper Trophy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As things stand, there is no agreement, proposal or ongoing dialogue that would see Inter Miami travel to Catalonia for the annual exhibition match.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/inter-miami-cf-v-philadelphia-union-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Lionel Messi of Inter Miami\" class=\"wp-image-203638\"  \/>No talks taking place between Inter Miami and Barcelona. (Photo by Megan Briggs\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the idea of Messi returning to the Spotify Camp Nou continues to excite supporters, any such reunion remains purely speculative at this stage.<\/p>\n<p>Messi\u2019s relationship with Barcelona<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although Messi\u2019s affection for Barcelona and its supporters has never been questioned, his relationship with the club\u2019s current hierarchy is still considered distant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Argentine remains deeply attached to the club where he spent the majority of his career, but his connections with the current board have cooled since his departure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Messi, who <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/confirmed-barcelona-legend-lionel-messi-becomes-the-top-goalscorer-in-world-cup-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">recently made history at the World Cup<\/a>, is under contract with Inter Miami until 2028, making the MLS club solely responsible for any decisions regarding future friendly matches.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/inter-miami-cf-v-philadelphia-union-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Lionel Messi of Inter Miami\" class=\"wp-image-203637\"  \/>Fans remain eager to see Messi back at Camp Nou. (Photo by Megan Briggs\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>MLS calendar set for change<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the summer of 2027, the landscape of American football will also be different. Major League Soccer currently operates on a spring-to-autumn calendar, but the competition is scheduled to transition to a European-style season beginning in the summer of 2027. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new format will run from late summer through to spring, aligning more closely with Europe\u2019s major leagues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That calendar change could influence the scheduling of future international friendlies, including potential appearances in tournaments such as the Gamper Trophy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For now, however, any prospect of Messi returning to Camp Nou with Inter Miami remains exactly that \u2013 a possibility rather than an active negotiation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rumours linking Inter Miami with a potential appearance in Barcelona\u2019s 2027 Joan Gamper Trophy have been played down&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,222,223,4017,6427,332],"class_list":["post-46098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-barcelona","tag-barcelona-news","tag-fc-barcelona","tag-inter-miami","tag-joan-gamper-trophy","tag-lionel-messi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}