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By Brandon Sapienza, Tim Loh, and Felipe Marques

June 7, 2023 at 3:20 PM UTC

Updated on

June 7, 2023 at 7:39 PM UTC

Lionel Messi plans to join Major League Soccer club Inter Miami, turning down a deal from Saudi Arabia that would have paid him $400 million annually.

“I’ve made a decision to go to Miami,” Messi said in an interview with Mundo Deportivo. “I still don’t have it 100% closed, I’m still missing a few things, but we’ve decided to continue down that path.”