Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber has welcomed the links with Paris Saint-Germain star Lionel Messi.
The Argentine World Cup winner's contract with PSG is set to expire at the end of the current season and there has been no clear indication on where he will be playing next campaign.
Inter Miami coach Philipp Neville recently confirmed that they are interested in signing the Barcelona legend.
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"You're dealing with perhaps the most special player in the history of the game,' Garber told The Athletic.
"So when there are rumors of him connected to Miami, that's great. And if it could happen, it would be terrific for MLS, it would be terrific for Messi and his family.
"And like everything with us, we try to run every opportunity down. I can't give any more details than that because we don't have them.
"Teams have the flexibility to do unique things,' Garber said. 'MLS is a single entity. If you're selling something that the collective owns, the collective has to approve that.
"So whatever [Miami owner] Jorge [Mas] decides, with [MLS executive VP Todd Durbin's] help to structure something, if we have the opportunity to do that, it's going to be outside the box.
"Because as you all know what's going on in international football today, with [Cristiano] Ronaldo at $100m [a year]... the transfer market is just exploding in ways that are unimaginable.
"We're going to have to structure a deal that's going to compensate him in ways that he and his family expect. What that is? Honestly, we don't know today, but he's probably not going to be a [targeted allocation money] player."
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