Following the Argentine’s incredible relocation to the United States, Adin Ross has revealed that he was beaten to a lavish Miami property by Lionel Messi.
The 2022 World Cup winner, who now has eight Ballons d’Or to his name, completed a switch to Inter Miami during the summer of 2023. Having bid farewell to Europe following spells at Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain, Messi needed a new base for his young family.
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He soon found a waterfront house in Florida, and a contract was completed there. However, streaming celebrity Ross, who became well-known in 2019 for playing NBA 2K on Twitch and currently has a lucrative deal with Kick, was upset that a “very famous professional athlete” had outbid him.
Ross has said of missing out on a home that he also viewed before missing out to an all-time great from the sporting world: “It’s nothing about me being broken. I just couldn’t get to there in time. I saw the house, but they were already in talks and all that. The professional athlete is Messi.”
Expanding on how he was left empty-handed, Ross added: “Messi’s parents, I think it was? I believe it was his grandparents, or I don’t know who the f*ck it was. Messi, they wanted a crib for their grandchildren or some sh*t, they were playing a game. I don’t even know, and they got it.”
Ross is estimated to be worth about $40 million (£32 million), while Messi is reportedly worth over $600 million (£484 million). Messi has the financial resources necessary to win any bidding war for a house that he plans to fill with more medals during his initial two-and-a-half-year contract with MLS team Inter Miami.
