Our reporters spoke to a number of staff members involved in teams across North America and it appears that the rumors are indeed true.

"We admit it,” stated Los Angeles Galaxy President Chris Klein. “We would love to have Lionel Messi on our team.”

“Absolutely,” stated Adam Pribyl of Minneapolis City SC. “We would love to see Messi here in Minneapolis.”

“We don’t deny that we would love to try to sign Messi,” stated Ian Russell, head coach of Reno 1868.

According to the world press, it isn’t just teams in the United States, but in places as far flung as Mexico, Uruguay and Quebec that are interested.

“Yes, we would love to sign Messi,” stated Duke Haverforth of the Quebec City Blueboys, an over 40 men’s soccer team in Canada. “We asked Dave if he would give up his number and he even said that he would think about it and Dave doesn’t normally even talk about giving up #10.”

The Nutmeg News will have more on this as rumors continue to swirl of multiple teams in Major League Soccer looking to sign Lionel Messi.