Lionel Messi and his fans can pretend all they want, but I genuinely believe Messi is chasing that 1,000th career goal.
He can pretend he doesn't care about the milestone, but the move to MLS has given him the perfect environment to rack up goals and get closer to that number.
If 1,000 goals is eventually achieved, it would be one of the biggest individual milestones of his career.
And now that Inter Miami aren't winning, Messi should take the credit too.
You can't take all the credit when Inter Miami win and then suddenly disappear when they don't.
Keep the same energy.