On Wednesday, June 7, the mystery of his future Lionel Messi: 10 will play at Inter Miami from MLS. After you end your relationship with him psgthe Argentine decided to go to the United States when he had significant offers on the table. Barcelona will still have to wait, as will the Arab League.
Messi gave his reasons in a joint interview with the Spanish media Mundo Deportivo and Sport. Next, Sports news Present the details of your statements.
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What did Lionel Messi say about his arrival at Inter Miami?
Messi goes to Inter Miami
“I made the decision to go to Miami. I still haven’t got it one hundred percent closed. I’m missing some things but we decided to continue the path. If the Barcelona thing didn’t come up, I wanted to leave Europe, get out of the limelight and think more about my family“.
Messi and his non-return to Barcelona
“I wanted very much, I was very excited to be able to go back, but after experiencing what I experienced and the exit I had, I did not want to be in the same situation again: waiting to see what happens and leaving the future in the hands of others“.
“Although I heard that it was said that La Liga had accepted everything and that everything was good for him to return, there were many other things that had to be done. I heard that they had to sell players or reduce the salaries of the players. and the truth is that I didn’t want to go through that, or take on anything that had to do with all that. I’ve already been accused of a lot of things that weren’t true in my career at Barcelona and I was already a bit tired, I didn’t want to go through all that.”
“At the time I had to leave, La Liga had also agreed to sign me and in the end it couldn’t be done. Well, I was afraid that the same thing will happen again and I had to run as it happened, that I had to come here to Paris to stay in a hotel for a long time with my family, with my children going to school and still in the hotel ».
“I wanted to make my own decision and that’s why it was a little bit that I didn’t turn to Barca. Although I would have liked it, it couldn’t. I’m also in a moment where I want to leave the focus a little bit, think more about my family. As I said recently, I spent two years at the family level and it was so bad that I didn’t enjoy it. I had this month, which was spectacular for me to win the World Cup, but to take it away was a difficult stage for me. I want to I meet again with the pleasure, with the pleasure of my family, my children, day by day. And that’s why the decision was a bit not to leave Barcelona.”
Was getting to Barcelona all down to Messi?
“I heard a bit of everything that was said, what was coming out, what Xavi said (that Messi had the upper hand), but it was a little what he just said. The League had given the OK, but it’s not real that the decision is mine because a lot of things are missing and it’s a long summer in which I don’t want to go through what I’ve already gone through. I preferred to make the decision earlier to get it over with and be calm and think about my vacation and my future, already planning what I know will be possible“.
Messi and his time at PSG
“The first year was very difficult, as I said at times, for different reasons. The second year, the first six months, I felt very, very good, very comfortable in the club, in the city, with my family. The World Cup was in middle and I think the World Cup marked all the teams in general. I think it defined the season a lot. I expected it to end differently, but well, it was two years, which in general, was difficult for me, but which is already behind.”
Did the years in Paris influence Messi’s decision to go to Miami?
“A little yes, there were two years when I wasn’t happy, I wasn’t happy, and it affected my family life, I missed a lot of my children’s lives at school. In Barcelona I went to look for them, here I did much less, shared less activities with them. The decision also goes through this, to meet again, in quotes, with my family, with my children and enjoy everyday life. I was lucky to get everything in football and now it’s a little more than sports , which interests me and much, much more the family”.
Messi’s dialogue with Laporta and Xavi
“Actually, I spoke very little with President Laporta, once or twice at most. I have a lot of communication with Xavi, since he arrived at the club much more and very often. We also talked about the possibility of my return. We were very excited, because when something came out we talked about whether he really wanted to come back, if it was good for the team and for him, and we kept in touch.”
The Camp Nou and every time I shouted for Messi
“For me it was beautiful and I enjoyed it, because the truth is that since I left, I left in a strange way, I would like to say goodbye like it happened now with Bushy, Jordi or like it happened with Xavi and Iniesta at that time I would like to leave like this, to be able to say goodbye to the people well, even though it was the time of the pandemic and there could not be people in the stadium. I would like you to know that I was playing with people, to know that I was enjoying myself. That’s why I was very happy to hear my name called at Camp Nou or Barcelona. Apart from the fact that the love is always there and it’s mutual, it was a strange feeling to hear it at the Camp Nou and not be there.”
The importance of finances for Messi
“The truth is that finances have never been a problem for me or an obstacle at all. We never talked about the contract now. A proposal was passed, but never an official, written, signed proposal, because there was nothing yet and we didn’t know if it would be possible or not. The intention was there, but we couldn’t move anything forward, nor did we officially talk about money. If it was a matter of money I would have gone to Arabia or elsewhere. It seemed like a lot of money to me and the truth is that my decision on the other side and not for money“.
Did Barcelona do everything possible to sign Messi?
“Well I don’t know. It’s their business. Honestly, I don’t know if he has done everything possible or not. I knew what he was talking about with Xavi, above all. They now had, so to speak, permission from La Liga to be able to do so. But I’m telling you, it wasn’t just that. Many things were missing. The club, today, was not able to confirm 100% that I could return. And it’s understandable, because of the situation the club is going through and that’s how I experienced it“.
Are there people in Barcelona who don’t like Messi?
“I do not know. But surely there are people who do not want me to return, just as then they did not want me to stay when I had to leave. Like a lot of people I know who want me to come back and have expressed it and made it public. But there are definitely people on the board who don’t want me back, who think my return is not good for the club“.
Did Barcelona’s post-Messi signings seem strange to you?
“I do not know. At first I was in a time where I was very hurt by my running away and how it happened. At the time, I was a bit angry that I couldn’t stay and soon the club could make moves. But at that moment the club realized it could do it. With the passage of these two years I understood it, assimilated it and don’t think about it anymore. If something like this happened, it should have been done that way and that’s it“.
Would Messi want to return to Barcelona?
“Yes, obviously I would like to be close to the club. In addition, I will live in Barcelona. It’s one of the things that we are very clear about with my wife, my children. I hope, I don’t know when and when, but I hope one day I can contribute something to the club and help because it’s a club I love like I’ve always said. I appreciate the love I’ve had from people during my career and I’d like to be here again, yes“.
Messi goes to Miami with Busquets and Jordi Alba?
“That’s one of the other things that was said, that I was going with Bushy and Geordie to Arabia, that we had already sorted it out. No, they’re all looking at their futures. Obviously I knew them and what they were going to do but in no moment we didn’t agree to go anywhere together. I made my decision for myself and I don’t know what they will do. Mine was thinking a little about everything we talked about in this interview and I don’t have anything armed with anyone.”
What does Messi mean when he says he wants to escape the spotlight?
“Leaving Europe. I had offers from other European teams but I didn’t even evaluate them because my idea was to go to Barcelona and if the Barcelona thing didn’t work out, analyze it, leave European football and many more after winning the World Cup. which was what I needed to close my career on this side and experience the United States League in a different way and enjoy every day much more, but with the same responsibility of wanting to win and always do things well, but more quietly“.
