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

A faithful friend and teammate of Inter Miami is wishing Lionel Messi strength and peace of mind because he knows what he can give. Rivals in the past, but colleagues on the same team for MLS 2025, this brother for life gave his opinion on Messi's ultimate dream for the future.

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

Messi joined the Blaugrana when he was 13 and went on to make 778 appearances for the La Liga giants scoring a staggering 672 goals. One reason his return may be postponed is that Inter Miami will move from the Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale to the new Miami Freedom Park in 2026 and the hierarchy want the Argentine to be a big part of it.

Meanwhile, forward Fafa Picault, one of the new players in Inter Miami camp, is feeling at home. The 33-year-old Haitian American spent his teen years in Cutler Bay, where his family still lives. He attended Miami Killian High School and played for local youth clubs and the Fort Lauderdale Strikers before heading overseas.