"Inter Miami is going to be my last club", says Lionel Messi

Contrary to popular belief that he’d look to end career back home with Argentina’s Newell’s Old Boys, Lionel Messi says he’ll finish with Major League Soccer side

Lionel Messi says Inter Miami will be “my last club.” The 36-year-old World Cup champion isn’t thinking about joining an Argentine club to write the last chapter of playing career. “I think Inter Miami is going to be my last club. Today I think it is going to be my last club,” the Argentina captain said in an interview with ESPN.

Preparing for Copa America

Messi is preparing with his national team to compete in the Copa America in the United States. Argentina is the defending champion. The former Barcelona star has nothing left to prove in the game and filled the only significant unchecked box on his resume by leading Argentina to the World Cup title in Qatar in 2022. He has won a record eight Ballon d’Or awards and left European football last year to join the MLS club.

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Contract to expire in 2025

Messi’s contract with Inter Miami is set to expire at the end of the 2025 season. “It was a difficult step to leave Europe to come here,” he said. 

“Having become a world champion helped a lot, and also to see things differently. But I don’t think about it. I try to enjoy. That’s why I enjoy everything much more, because I am aware that there is less and less to go and I have a good time.” Many Argentine fans hoped Messi would close his career with Newell’s Old Boys, the club where he began his training as a child in his native city of Rosario. The star said he’s trying to enjoy the final stretch of his career to the fullest. “I have a good time at the club, I am lucky enough to have teammates and friends [Luis Suarez, Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba, all former Barcelona players] by my side,” he said. 

“My whole life I did this. I love playing ball and I enjoy training, day-to-day life and match days. And yes, there is always the fear that everything will end,” he said.

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