Lionel Messi of Inter Miami has acknowledged that he thought about moving to Saudi Arabia.
The 36-year-old would have joined Cristiano Ronaldo in the Saudi Pro League if he had made the move.
However, Messi ultimately made the decision to leave Paris Saint-Germain and sign as a free agent with the Major League Soccer team in the summer.
Messi has now disclosed that he was given the choice to join a Saudi Arabian team or go back to Barcelona.
“My first option was to return to Barcelona, but it was not possible. I tried to return, and it did not happen.
“It is also true that later 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.
“It was Saudi Arabia or MLS, and both options seemed very interesting to me,” Messi told Time.
