{"id":28019,"date":"2025-03-01T10:29:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T09:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=28019"},"modified":"2025-03-24T16:24:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T15:24:45","slug":"lionel-messi-admits-psg-struggles-pushed-him-to-inter-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/lionel-messi-admits-psg-struggles-pushed-him-to-inter-miami\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi Admits PSG Struggles Pushed Him to Inter Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lionel Messi has revealed that his move to MLS Inter Miami was influenced by the challenges he faced in PSG, describing it as a time he \u201cdidn\u2019t enjoy\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 37 year old who won two LIGUE 1 titles, and the French super cup in 2022 during his two year run at the Parisian club, left the club in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> \u201cSigning for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.co.uk\/team\/inter-miami\/0AheRyBg\/\">Inter<\/a> (Miami) was an opportunity because of the way things went in my last years in Paris,&#8221; the eight-times Ballon d&#8217;Or winner said in an Apple Music interview on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It was a decision I had to make because I had to leave <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.co.uk\/team\/barcelona\/SKbpVP5K\/\">Barcelona<\/a> and I spent two years that I didn&#8217;t enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I wasn&#8217;t happy on a day-to-day basis, with the training sessions, the games, I found it hard to adapt to all that,&#8221; Lionel Messi added.<br>\n<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lionel Messi has revealed that his move to MLS Inter Miami was influenced by the challenges he faced in PSG, describing it as a time he \u201cdidn\u2019t enjoy\u201d. 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