{"id":295872,"date":"2023-11-08T16:26:18","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T16:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=295872"},"modified":"2023-11-08T16:26:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T16:26:18","slug":"lionel-messi-unveiled-as-new-co-owner-of-sergio-agueros-e-sports-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/lionel-messi-unveiled-as-new-co-owner-of-sergio-agueros-e-sports-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi unveiled as new co-owner of Sergio Aguero&apos;s e-Sports team"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Thinking about life after MLS, Lionel? Messi is announced as a co-owner of ex-Argentina striker Sergio Aguero&#8217;s e-Sports team&#8230; before rival Cristiano Ronaldo is invited to join one of his own<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lionel Messi is a new co-owner of old team-mate Sergio Aguero&#8217;s e-Sports team<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>But rival Cristiano Ronaldo has been invited to join an e-Sports team of his own\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lionel Messi has been unveiled as the new co-owner of his former Argentina team-mate Sergio Aguero&#8217;s\u00a0e-Sports team.<\/p>\n<p>Ex-Manchester City striker Aguero launched KRU Esports in 2020 and they play the likes of FIFA, Rocket League, League of Legends and Valorant competitively with impressive results so far.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Messi has obviously been impressed with what he&#8217;s seen and has been convinced to join Aguero as a co-owner.<\/p>\n<p>In a post to X &#8211; which was captioned &#8216;Now we are 2&#8217; &#8211; Aguero said: &#8216;I am happy to share a club with Leo, of course now in a new stage and with other challenges.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It is an honour that he is part of KRU. He is the best footballer in history, and also a great friend.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/08\/15\/77560155-12725649-image-a-1_1699457706756.jpg\" height=\"359\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sergio Aguero has revealed that Lionel Messi is the new co-owner of his e-Sports team KRU<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/08\/15\/77560153-12725649-image-a-2_1699457709051.jpg\" height=\"360\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Messi appeared briefly in the video at the end, saying &#8216;let&#8217;s play&#8217; after being introduced<\/p>\n<p>The announcement video ended with Messi appearing on screen and saying: &#8216;Okay, let&#8217;s play&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>But he may now come up against long-time rival Cristiano Ronaldo in another arena after the Portuguese star was invited to join an e-Sports team of his own in the wake of Messi&#8217;s announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Former Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea quickly messaged his old team-mate, asking if he was interested in joining his Rebels Gaming team.<\/p>\n<p>De Gea replied to Aguero&#8217;s announcement on X, saying: &#8216;I&#8217;m calling Cristiano&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Messi is still firmly focused on soccer though. He was pictured back in training with Inter Miami on Wednesday after a whirlwind week since winning the Ballon d&#8217;Or.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/08\/15\/77560365-12725649-image-a-3_1699457742066.jpg\" height=\"444\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Aguero and Messi are long-term friends and celebrated Argentina&#8217;s World Cup win together<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/08\/15\/77561421-12725649-image-a-16_1699458719678.jpg\" height=\"140\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>David de Gea invited Messi&#8217;s nemesis Cristiano Ronaldo to get involved with his e-Sports team<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/08\/15\/77560953-12725649-image-a-15_1699458308625.jpg\" height=\"436\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Messi was seen back in training with Inter Miami on Wednesday after winning the Ballon d&#8217;Or<\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old beat out the likes of Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe to win a staggering eighth Ballon d&#8217;Or\u00a0in Paris last week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>Joined at the ceremony by his wife, Antonella Roccuzzo, and their three sons, Mateo, Thiago and Ciro, Messi was honored after leading\u00a0<\/span><span>Argentina to a third World Cup triumph last year, as he scored seven goals &#8211; including two in the final.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>He also scored 32 goals in 55 games across all competitions for PSG before moving to Inter Miami.<\/p>\n<p>Despite leading the Herons to their first trophy in the Leagues Cup, he made just six league appearances due to injury and international duty with Argentina.<\/p>\n<p>Having failed to qualify for the MLS play-offs, Messi and Co are due to play a friendly against\u00a0New York City FC on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>He is then expected to play in Argentina&#8217;s pair of World Cup qualifiers next month against Brazil and Uruguay.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12725649\/Thinking-life-MLS-Lionel-Messi-announced-owner-ex-Argentina-striker-Sergio-Agueros-e-Sports-team-Cristiano-Ronaldo-invited-join-gaming-rival.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thinking about life after MLS, Lionel? Messi is announced as a co-owner of ex-Argentina striker Sergio Aguero&#8217;s e-Sports team&#8230; before rival Cristiano Ronaldo is invited to join one of his own Lionel Messi is a new co-owner of old team-mate Sergio Aguero&#8217;s e-Sports team But rival Cristiano Ronaldo has been invited to join an e-Sports [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295871,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lionel Messi unveiled as new co-owner of Sergio Aguero&amp;apos;s e-Sports team - Sports Life Tale<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/lionel-messi-unveiled-as-new-co-owner-of-sergio-agueros-e-sports-team\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lionel Messi unveiled as new co-owner of Sergio Aguero&amp;apos;s e-Sports team - Sports Life Tale\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Thinking about life after MLS, Lionel? 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