‘Lionel Messi would have liked to retire at Barcelona’ – Inter Miami star’s return to Catalonia was ‘close’, says La Liga president Javier Tebas, before eventual move to MLS
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- Tebas reveals Messi wanted Barca retirement
- Argentine instead went to MLS
- FFP concerns pushed Argentine to Miami