Two years ago, reports in the Barcelona newspaper Sport revealed Lionel Messi was planning a move to Inter Miami and Major League Soccer in 2023.
It was part of a mapping out of the end of a playing career that would include remaining at the Camp Nou for two more seasons, before moving to MLS and then becoming a Barca club ambassador on retiring. When Messi shocked the football world by instead leaving Barcelona and moving to Paris Saint-Germain, it appeared the whole plan was up in the air.
Messi had congratulated Inter Miami owner David Beckham on the founding of the club in 2018,
