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Messi called the MLS a minor league, what he now said about the Saudi Arabian league

Lionel Messi won the award for the best athlete in the world.

A week ago, Lionel Messi spoke to Star+, and made a compilation of this last year. The most striking phrase was when he referred to Major League Soccer as a lower level league. These were his exact words: “I am also aware that I went to a minor league, but a lot of things happen because of the way you deal with it and compete.”

Today, Lionel Messi won the award for best athlete of the year, an award given by Times magazine, that is, a very prestigious award and he is the first footballer to win it in history. Times surrendered to Messi, with phrases like "" he has managed to do what previously seemed impossible: turn the United States into a soccer country "...

After his words a week ago about the MLS, now Lionel Messi confessed about the Saudi Arabian league, and his words paralyzed Inter Miami fans: "It is true that I was thinking a lot about going to the Saudi league, where "I know the country and they have created a very powerful competition that can become an important league in the near future."

Lionel Messi sent a message to his fans:

“I come with the desire that I always had to compete, to win, to help the club continue to grow. That's why I said I didn't think I would make it. It seemed like I would retire after the last World Cup but exactly the opposite happened. Now I want to be here more than ever. After suffering for so many years, today we are enjoying a moment that I have never experienced before and I want to live it to the fullest."

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