Lionel Messi Wants To Enjoy Holidays Completely, Reluctant To Live A Borrowing Period To Barcelona Or Saudi Arabian Clubs

Inter Miami player, Lionel Messi. (Photo: Twitter/@InterMiamiFC)

JAKARTA - Lionel Messi will certainly not accept offers from other clubs as loan players when Inter Miami completes the Major Super League (MLS) competition.

The statement comes as rumors link Messi to Barcelona or the Saudi Arabian club. They are interested in attracting the star as a loan player.

The situation occurred because Inter Miami was no longer busy with any agenda after failing to advance to the MLS play-offs this October.

Previously, it was known that MLS players who did not appear in play-offs generally underwent a loan period at other clubs. This unwritten rule applies to star players, considering that next season's MLS competition will only start at the end of February the following year.

Lionel Messi, who is one of the MLS stars, is now undergoing this free period by returning to his country. La Pulga chose to join the Argentine national team to face Uruguay and Brazil in the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers on 17 and 22 November 2023.

But after his tenure with Albiceleste was over, as well as football from Spain, Guillem Balague confirmed that the star would not undergo a loan period. He will choose to enjoy his long holiday period.

"Lionel Messi will get a vacation quota of about a month, like other footballers. So just forget about moving to Saudi, or the like," reads a report quoted by the BBC on Thursday, October 12.

After the holidays, La Pulga will return to Florida to prepare for next season. That moment will be his first experience being involved in Vice City since the start of the season.

The seven-year Ballon d'Or title winner joined Inter Miami in July 2023. Messi's presence immediately became a differentiator in several Inter Miami matches and was even able to bring the Herons to win the League Cup.

Inter Miami also qualified for the final of the US Open Cup but unfortunately Martino's team lost 1-2 to Houston Dynamo. At that time Messi did not appear due to injury.

Regarding Messi's sharpness at Inter Miami which made him rumored to be joining Barcelona or the Saudi Arabian club, the coach was asked to comment. But Martino was surprised to hear the issue.

"I don't know anything about it. If you tell me he's going to visit Barcelona for a vacation, yes, that's possible, but I don't have any information about anything else," Martino said.