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Lionel Messi to join MLS side Inter Miami after PSG departure (ESPN.com)

“We are pleased that Lionel Messi has stated that he intends to join Inter Miami and Major League Soccer this summer,” MLS said in a written statement. “Although work remains to finalize a formal agreement, we look forward to welcoming one of the greatest soccer players of all time to our League.”

To say this is big news is the underdtsatament of the year. Huge for Miami. Huge for MLS. Huge for soccer in the U.S. And let’s not forget, huge for Messi, himself.