Lionel Messi pledges future to Miami and admits there is ‘not a lot of time left’

• Messi confirms the US will be his final destination
• World Cup winner has been linked to return to Argentina

Inter Miami will be the last club Lionel Messi plays for, the 36-year-old said on Wednesday, adding he feels a little bit scared" at the thought of the day he decides to retire.

Messi, who won the World Cup with Argentina in 2022, has a contract with the Major League Soccer side until 2025 after his arrival last summer after a spell with French champions PSG. He has long been linked to a return to his boyhood club Newell's Old Boys. But Messi told ESPN he will finish his career in the US.