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 one more than his two seasons in Paris… “My departure to Paris was not something I wanted, leaving Barcelona was not something I wanted and it happened, so to speak, overnight,” he explained. Messi, eager to leave Barça in 2020, wanted 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 totally different place 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 is happening to me here at the moment”. Messi, 36, had previously opened up about his difficult time in Paris, saying he had ‘not been happy’ in 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.

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’ve 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 that we received, extraordinary since the first day, not only in Miami, he indicated, he who has already scored nine goals in six matches with his new team. I made two away matches and the treatment I got was magnificent. I am grateful, happy with the moments that I live and especially to be able to continue to do what I have loved all my life, to play and to be able to do it in joy”, he swears Everything that he will have missed In France.

Eager to make Inter Miami “a reference”, Messi is not, however, 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.” Kick off of this meeting at 3 am, French time.