Speaking to ESPN recently, Inter Miami co-owner Joge Mas said that he believes that Messi will be lining up for the team in 2026. He explained: “Leo and I will sit and discuss the future. I fully expect that in the opening of our new stadium in 2026, Leo Messi will be our No. 10 after a trophy-laden 2025 season.”

With the 37-year-old's long-term future up in the air, the prospect of a return to Argentina to see out his career has been suggested as a possibility, but journalist Yanina Latorre has been told that Europe is a more likely destination when he leaves Florida.

Lionel Messi is out of contract with Inter Miami at the end of the 2025 MLS season and the Argentina icon has reportedly already decided where he will go next

Lionel Messi intends to return to Europe at the end of his Inter Miami career, according to a family friend and media star who has visited the football icon in Florida

When Inter Miami open their preseason tour against Club América in Las Vegas, all eyes will be on Lionel Messi. Two months after Inter Miami crashed out of the MLS Cup playoffs, the Herons are back in action ahead of the 2025 Major League Soccer season.

Inter Miami faced Club América in a friendly over the weekend. Lionel Messi scored the Herons first goal of 2025, but it was his celebration that stole the head