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Rob Ellis
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Argentina captain Lionel Messi will move to Inter Miami at the end of the month
Argentina captain Lionel Messi will move to Inter Miami at the end of the month

Lionel Messi is confident he has made the right decision to leave Paris Saint-Germain for Inter Miami.

Messi, 35, announced his PSG departure earlier this month and opted for a switch to MLS rather than a return to boyhood club Barcelona.

Ahead of Argentina's friendly against Indonesia on Monday, the World Cup winner told TV Publica: "I'm well. 

"Initially, we had a different idea [to return to Barcelona].

"We're happy with the decision we have taken. I'm ready and eager to face this new challenge, this change.

"[The decision] was an important step but at the same time, I was aware of what it meant, of what I was doing. We're happy."

Lionel Messi decided not to renew his contract at Paris Saint-Germain
Lionel Messi decided not to renew his contract at Paris Saint-Germain

Messi notched his 103rd international goal in Thursday's 2-0 victory over Australia, finding the net for a seventh-consecutive match — a run stretching back to the World Cup round of 16 clash with the Socceroos in Qatar.

On La Albiceleste's momentous victory in the Middle East, he added: "If I'm being honest, had we not won the World Cup, I would no longer be playing for the national team.

"I can't leave the national team as a world champion. I want to enjoy this.

"I had very hard times, but I always had the desire to win something with the national team. I knew in my mind that I would achieve it.

"Even if I didn't, I had to try. Having won everything at individual and club level, not to have been able to [win a major title] with the national team would have meant that I would be missing something.

"I enjoyed the World Cup [in Qatar] more than the previous ones because I knew it could be my last. I had complete confidence in the group."

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Lionel MessiArgentinaInter Miami CFMajor League SoccerParis Saint-GermainLigue 1
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