2023-08-18 00:22:19
The seven-time Argentinian Ballon d’Or spoke at a press conference on Thursday. His first meeting with the media since his arrival in MLS.
Lionel Messi is fine, thank you for him. A few weeks after leaving PSG for Inter Miami, the Argentine world champion is doing like a charm. He explained this Thursday during a press conference, his first since his arrival in MLS. It’s already been one more than his two seasons in Paris…”Going to Paris was not something I wanted, leaving Barcelona was not something I wanted and it happened, so to speak, overnight“, he explained. Messi, wishing to leave Barça in 2020, wishing to stay in 2021. The Catalan club, however, no longer had the means to keep him. PSG took advantage of this.
And the Pulga to continue: “I had to adapt to a place totally different from those where I had lived all my life, both in terms of the city and in a sporting sense, and it was difficult, the opposite of what I ‘m coming here right now“. Messi, 36, had previously spoken about his difficult time in Paris, saying he had “not been happyin the French capital. In the end, Paris-SG let him go at the end of his contract. Since then, the seven-time Ballon d’Or has been joined by his little comrades Sergio Busquets and Jordi Laba in Miami. With family.
I am very happy with the decision I made.
Lionel Messi
Messi was however courted by Saudi Arabia, and in this case the Al-Hilal club which has just attracted Neymar. He preferred to join South Beach and the MLS. “I can tell you that I’m very happy with the decision I made, not just for the game, for the way it’s going at the moment, but for my family, everyday life, for the city that we appreciate, for this new experience and for the welcome we have received, extraordinary since the first day, not only in Miami, he indicated, he who has already scored nine goals in six games with his new team . I made two away matches and the treatment I got was magnificent. I am grateful, happy with the moments I live and above all to be able to continue to do what I have loved all my life, to play and to be able to do it with joy“, he swears All that he will have missed in France.
Eager to make Inter Miami “a referenceMessi, however, is not in early retirement in Florida. He intends to help the club clinch the Leagues Cup trophy, with the final to follow against Nashville on Sunday. “Winning the title would help a lot. It’s a very young club that hasn’t been around very long and winning our first title would be great for all of us.“, he added. Kick off of this meeting at 3 am, French time.
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