Lionel Messi confirmed on Wednesday that he will continue his career at Inter Miami, after his departure from PSG. He did so in an interview with a Spanish media in which he left several definitions and strong phrases.
The confirmation of Lionel Messi's move to Inter Miami
"I made the decision that I'm going to go to Miami. I still don't have it closed one hundred percent. I'm missing some things but we decided to continue on the road." It was the most anticipated phrase, with which he cut weeks of suspense about his future: if the Middle East, Barcelona, the Premier League. Finally, the MLS and one of the franchises with more Latin drag will take the Rosario.
Lionel Messi's balance sheet on his time at PSG
"Mixed feelings". This is how he summed up the flavor that these two seasons left him in Paris, where he arrived after a conflict with Barcelona and with a presentation at the height of his legend. He acknowledged that the first year was "difficult", said that at the beginning of the second season he felt good and that the World Cup marked the outcome. "I expected to finish differently, but well, it was two years, which in general were difficult for me, but they are behind us," he added in dialogue with Mundo Deportivo.
Lionel Messi and Barcelona
"I always longed for memories and to be able to be there," Leo said of Barca, with whom he was linked in his last months in Paris. "I followed him all year and I wanted Barça to win like every Barcelona fan. And the first year too. I talk a lot with Xavi, also about some games, after the game, about situations ...", he added about the coach, with whom he shared a dressing room in the most golden years of Barcelona.
Why Messi did not return to Barcelona and the memories of the mistreatment
"I was already accused of many things that were not true in my career at Barcelona and I was already a bit tired, I didn't want to go through all that," he said of that traumatic exit from the club. And he recalled: "It was very hard (...). It was a very ugly stage. We arrived with the illusion of each year, to start training again and the children with their schools and their routines. When everything was to sign, overnight, it could not be done and they tell me that it is not possible and I have to leave the club. "
The weight of the family to reach the MLS
Lionel Messi, Antonela Roccuzzo and their three children after the Argentine consecration in Qatar 2022. Family, a compelling reason to go to MLS. AFP Photo
"I'm in a moment where I want to get out of focus a little bit, think more about my family. As I said recently, I spent two years that at the family level I was so bad that I did not enjoy it. I had the month that was spectacular for me to have won the World Cup, but taking that out was a difficult stage for me, "he said about one of the reasons that made him choose Inter Miami as his new destination. In addition, he acknowledged that his stay in Paris "were two years in which I was not happy, I did not enjoy," adding that it affected family life.
"We talk very little": the relationship of Messi and the president of Barcelona
"With president Joan Laporta I spoke very little, once or twice at most," he said of the manager with whom he ended up facing after leaving Barcelona for PSG. In that sense, he said: "Surely there are people on the board (board) who do not want me to return, who believe that my return is not good for the club."
Other times: Joan Laporta and Lionel Messi sign a contract with Barcelona, in 2009. Photo EFE
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