Lionel Messi will not play in Barcelona, look what the Argentine will do instead

Lionel Messi is in a complicated situation, because, for the first time in his career, the player will not have official matches for six months. Because? Inter Miami was left out of the Major League Soccer playoffs, after losing to Cincinnati 1-0, in the return of Lionel Messi.

In the MLS, if a team is eliminated from the playoffs, it has the right to be loaned out for six months to any team. Now, FC Barcelona was expecting the possible return of Lionel Messi, now the rumors of a possible loan to Barcelona began, since he would not be active until the following year.

After the rumor, Argentine coach Gerardo Tata Martino, in an interview with the media in the United States, responded forcefully: “Messi to Barcelona? He's not going for a walk, is he? Honestly, this surprises me. I know nothing. If they tell me that he is going to visit Barcelona on vacation, then yes, it is likely. The truth is that I don't know this."

And, although Inter Miami was left out of the tournament, according to Fabrizio Romano, Messi will not be left without sporting activity, but will dedicate himself to traveling the world in friendly matches against rivals who require it. The first stop would be China, where the Argentine star is loved and has a great popularity among fans.

"Bin Yan (Famous Chinese reporter who was the first to report Messi's victory in the 2021 Ballon d'Or): 'Messi will go to Paris on October 30 to pick up something...Then he will travel to China to participate with Inter Miami in a match against the Chinese team Chengdu on November 5,' Fabrizio Romano wrote on his X account. In this way, the Argentine star will continue to have sporting activity with friendly matches.