{"id":417670,"date":"2023-06-08T09:06:38","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T06:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=417670"},"modified":"2023-06-08T09:06:38","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T06:06:38","slug":"lionel-messi-announces-joining-inter-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/lionel-messi-announces-joining-inter-miami\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi announces joining Inter Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-section-2023060714322471098-xecaKu\" class=\"kg paragraph\">\n<p>SONNA &#8211; Lionel Messi has announced he is joining Inter Miami \u2014 ending months of speculation about his future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-section-2023060714322471098-BpPqLe\" class=\"kg paragraph\">\n<p>The World Cup winner, 35, played his last game for Paris Saint-Germain earlier this month and looked set to return to Barcelona or secure a money-spinning switch to Saudi side Al-Hilal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-section-2023060714322471098-QkRSXJ\" class=\"kg paragraph\">\n<p>But he has opted to trade Ligue 1 for Major League Soccer after sealing a deal with Miami, who are co-owned by Manchester United legend David Beckham.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-section-2023060714322471098-YINXAR\" class=\"kg paragraph\">\n<p>In an interview with Spanish publications Mundo Deportivo and Sport, the Argentina superstar said: &#8220;I made the decision that I am going to go to Miami.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-section-2023060714322471098-XoFNnj\" class=\"kg paragraph\">\n<p>&#8220;I still haven&#8217;t closed it 100%. I&#8217;m missing some things but we decided to continue on the path.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-section-2023060714322471098-aYSbty\" class=\"kg paragraph\">\n<p>&#8220;If the Barcelona thing didn&#8217;t work out, I wanted to leave Europe, get out of the spotlight and think more of my family.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-section-2023060714322471098-sdLYca\" class=\"zm\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1666525630454812686&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.livescore.com%2Fen%2Fnews%2Flionel-messi-inter-miami-breaking-transfer-news-2023060714322471098%2F&amp;sessionId=aa6d148c3b5af50f5688dfc1db59db6c420b6683&amp;siteScreenName=livescore&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=aaf4084522e3a%3A1674595607486&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1666525630454812686\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-section-2023060714322471098-XGtAjD\" class=\"kg paragraph\">\n<p>&#8220;I was very excited to be able to return [to Barcelona]. 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