Lionel Messi 'close to sealing MLS move' as Inter Miami swoop for PSG and Argentina star

Lionel Messi is close to signing for MLS outfit Inter Miami, according to reports.

By Ross McLeish

Published 27th Nov 2022, 16:45 BST

Updated 27th Nov 2022, 16:45 BST

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Lionel Messi is out of contract at PSG at the end of the season.

The Times claims that the American franchise are set to agree a deal with Argentina and PSG forward for after the World Cup which would make him the highest-paid player in the history of the MLS.

Messi, 35, has always harboured ambitions of playing the US and is understood to have a holiday home in Florida. Inter Miami, who are co-owned by David Beckham, are fiercely ambitious and do not lack spending power. They are also looking to sign two of Messi’s former team-mates in Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez, now at Nacional in his homeland, and Spanish midfieder Cesc Fabregas, playing in the second tier of Italian football with Como, to strengthen their squad.

French Ligue 1 outfit PSG, who signed Messi last year from Barcelona, have not yet extended the player’s contract, which expires next summer, and may look to cash in on one of the game’s greatest icons.