The Suspense Is Over- Lionel Messi Announces Move To Inter Miami2 min read

Messi held court with reporters from the Catalan daily newspapers in Paris on Wednesday, telling them: “I made the decision that I am going to go to Miami.”

“I still don’t have it 100% closed or something is missing. But well, we decided to continue the path there,” he added.

Messi explained that he “really wanted” a second stint at boyhood club FC Barcelona, and was “very excited to be able to return” to Camp Nou.

But after “having experienced what I experienced and the exit I had” in 2021, Messi “did not want to be in the same situation again: waiting to see what was going to happen and leaving my future in the hands of others”.

Messi’s Paris Saint-Germain contract expires on June 30, with both the Ligue 1 giants and the player revealing last weekend that he would depart following two seasons in the French capital.

Rather than allow a transfer saga to drag on over the summer, Messi has resolved his future swiftly after PSG’s Ligue 1-winning season concluded with a 3-2 defeat to Clermont Foot on Saturday.

On Monday, former club Barca appeared close to signing their greatest ever player after their financial viability plan got the green light from La Liga, and Messi’s father and agent Jorge Messi was filmed meeting the Catalans’ president Joan Laporta.

Regarding this, Messi remarked: “Although I heard that it was said that the league had accepted everything and that everything was fine for me to return… there were still many other things missing.”