I wonder what Lionel Messi thought when they told him that Inter Miami would now have its own mascot.
Did he take it naturally and with a sense of humour, or did he suffer at the thought that he would now have to greet it at every game, laugh at its silly antics and even have to explain to his three boys not to whack it?
Team mascots tend to be very popular in the United States and accepted in Spain, but in Argentina they have only become a source of ridicule.
But everything I say is guesswork, the only truth is that Heron is here.
For the moment, the club has only presented the strategic part of the mascot: the heron, like the ones on the crest, is made with upcycled materials (like old boots or jerseys), which allows them to strengthen the pillar of sustainability.
It remains for another issue to discover Heron's personality and what its real role will be. Besides greeting Messi and escaping the kicks of his son Mateo.