Lionel Messi chaos outside restaurant as man left bloodied and Beckhams flee for safety
Lionel Messi has taken Inter Miami by storm since moving to MLS
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A man eating at a Miami hotspot has claimed security attacked him while he was attempting to take a group photo, with Lionel Messi and the Beckhams partying nearby.
The Daily Mail report that Victoria Beckham rushed her 12-year-old daughter Harper out of Gekko, a restaraunt partly owned by Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny.
The report says security reacted angrily to a gust attempting to take a photo outside the premises on Friday.
A man is pictured looking bloodied and he's quoted as saying: "They jumped at us, they kicked me out and punched me in the face.
Lionel Messi and David Beckham ate and drank at a fancy establishment on Friday
"Just because my homeboy was trying to take a picture with his wife, not with Beckham or Messi, nothing. It was a family thing."
The man says he was trying to take a group photo on his daughter's 21st birthday.
Security allegedly attacked him outside, while a woman can be heard screaming in the victim's defence by saying: "He's a family man, celebrating his daughter's 21st birthday."
Victoria took Harper away from the scene in a security-driven SUV.
Messi and his wife, Antonela, were dining at the restaurant that night along with the likes of Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba and the Beckham family.
Victoria posed for snaps with Messi's wife and Elena Busquets.
And husband David posed with all three of his side's new recruits, with glasses of wine pictured on the table.
Owner Bad Bunny was seen entering and exiting the establishment, while he was also mobbed for selfies.
Messi and the Beckhams went out to party after Inter Miami destroyed Charlotte FC 4-0 in the Leagues Cup.
Josef Martinez, Robert Taylor and an own goal from Adilson Malanda had Beckham's side cruising to victory.
And Messi then scored in the closing stages to add gloss to his side's win.
The veteran only joined the club from Paris Saint-Germain earlier this summer following the expiry of his contract.
But Messi has already taken MLS by storm, netting eight goals from just five appearances.
During his time at PSG, the 36-year-old failed to scale the same heights as during his time at Barcelona.
And former manager Tata Martino says Messi is 'much happier' playing in America than he ever was in France.
“You see it in the field; I don't have to tell you, but he's a lot calmer, much happier," he said.
"Being happy also has to do with where he's been.”
Last month, meanwhile, Beckham hailed Messi and said signing the forward was one of his 'best moments in life'.
“I get goosebumps talking about it," he said. I phoned Jorge (Mas) straight away and got emotional because I know what we’ve gone through over the last few years.
"Trying to build this club, the obstacles, the challenges — trying to get land (to build a stadium), going to legal battles… for all of the problems we’ve had, this one moment changed everything.
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"It changed our whole club. Once Victoria woke up properly, she hugged me, and that’s when I got emotional again.
“I have come in every single morning at 7.30am to just see him — to just know it’s real.”
When asked if it was among the best moments in his life, the former Manchester United and Real Madrid star added: “Without a doubt, Without a doubt.”