Argentina's Lionel Messi announces he is joining Inter Miami. World champion, 35, had the choice between three destinations: a return to the fold in Barcelona, the appeal of Saudi Arabia's petrodollars, or Major League Soccer.

"I decided that I was going to Miami, I did not (an agreement) 100% concluded or maybe there are still things to do," the seven-time Ballon d'Or winner told Spanish newspapers Diario Sport and Mundo Deportivo.