Andy Murray makes cheeky Lionel Messi joke as he poses with the Argentine icon after guiding Novak Djokovic by way of to the Miami Open remaining

Andy Murray made a cheeky joke towards Lionel Messi as the Scot posed with the Argentinian legend ahead of Novak Djokovic‘s Miami Open final.

Messi, who has settled down on the American east coast as the sun sets on his career, plays for MLS outfit Inter Miami, the city where Murray has spent the last two weeks coaching Djokovic through the Miami Open.

Djokovic faces Jakub Mensik on Sunday in his bid to win his 100th career ATP title. The Serbian has been coached by Murray since the Australian Open, which marked the start of their sensational partnership.

Murray and Messi linked up this week, as the football legend was in attendance to watch Djokovic cruise past Grigor Dimitrov and win 6-2 6-3 in Friday’s semi-final.

Murray posted a picture of the two on Instagram, above a hilarious caption. The three-time Grand Slam winner wrote: ‘I asked him if he could do it on a cold rainy night in Stoke.

‘He responded, “callate la boca,” which i think means yes in Spanish.’

Andy Murray joked that he asked Lionel Messi if he could ‘do it on a cold rainy night in Stoke’

Murray added that Messi replied “callate la boca” which means ‘shut your mouth’ in Spanish

The two sporting greats linked up at Novak Djokovic’s semi-final Miami Open win on Friday

To no one’s surprise, ‘callate la boca’ does not mean anything close to ‘yes’ in Spanish, but in fact translates to ‘shut your mouth’ in English.

Murray has long been a light-hearted character on social media, notoriously joking he had ‘never liked’ tennis when he announced his retirement from the sport.

When Murray and Djokovic joined forces in November last year, the latter shared a video announcement to his social media pages, poking fun at Murray’s retirement post.

‘He never liked retirement anyway (hands up emoji)’, Djokovic wrote.

The tennis greats shocked the sporting world in late 2024 when Djokovic announced that his former on-court rival would be joining his coaching set-up as he bids to win a record-breaking 25th Grand Slam.

The initial announcement described a temporary partnership between the two players centred around the Serbian’s Australian Open campaign, and Murray was a permanent fixture in Djokovic’s on-court player box for the duration of his time in Melbourne.

Further to the 37-year-old’s retirement in his semi-final match-up with Alexander Zverev, however, it was unclear as to how long Murray would remain in Djokovic’s camp.

But last month saw the bombshell announcement that the pair were set to team up until at least this year’s Wimbledon Championships, with Murray poised to help his player challenge throughout the clay and grass court seasons.

Djokovic and Murray joined forces as player and coach for the Australian Open and plan to continue their partnership for an indefinite period of time

Djokovic is aiming for his 100th career ATP title in the final against Jakub Mensik on Sunday

‘We had a chat the day after I finished,’ Djokovic told ATP on his decision to continue working with Murray ‘indefinitely’.

‘We reflected on the period we spent together. We agreed he was going to take some time and think, speak with his family members and see if he decides to keep working.

‘I expressed my desire to continue the collaboration with him so I am really glad he did accept. 

‘It is indefinite in terms of how long we are going to work together, but we agreed most likely in the States and some clay-court tournaments. We will see how it goes after that.’