After almost four years of courtship, Lionel Messi’s move to Inter Miami has instantly transformed the sport.

Miami Gets Messi

Messimania means packed stadiums, $900 cheap seats, and pink jerseys on back order. How Lionel Messi has transformed Major League Soccer “literally overnight”

By Jordan Blumetti

The blurry snaps posted on Instagram by Victoria Beckham told the story of a star-studded night out in Miami. Taken at a steak house and cocktail bar co-owned by the Grammy-winning Puerto Rican megastar Bad Bunny, they showed the fashion designer and her husband, David, enjoying a raucous dinner with a large group including a pair of new residents: the footballer Lionel Messi and his wife, Antonela Roccuzzo.

They did not show the fracas that erupted at the end of the night, when security guards bloodied a patron they suspected of trying to photograph the celebrities. Instead, Beckham captioned the pictures: “I LOVE MIAMI!!!”