David Beckham opens up on ‘massive’ moment when Lionel Messi joined Inter Miami

David Beckham has opened up on the "massive moment" when Lionel Messi confirmed he would be moving stateside to the Englishman's Inter Miami.

Messi has left French giant PSG after his contract expired – and he had been linked with a move back to Barcelona, or even to Saudi Arabia. However, it was the MLS side that won the race for his signature, with Messi announcing the move.

The Argentine is set to complete the move on Wednesday, and Beckham has now broken his silence on the move. Speaking to The Athletic, he said: "A couple of weeks ago, I woke up to about a million messages on my phone.

"I was thinking, ‘What’s gone off? I don’t usually get this many messages’. All of a sudden, I hear Leo has come out and announced he’s coming to Miami. Obviously, it wasn’t a surprise to me.

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"I have always said, from the word go, that if I had the opportunity to bring the best players in the game to Miami, at whatever time of their careers, I would do that. I have always made that commitment to our fans.

"So when I hear that one of the best players – if not the best player – who has won everything in the game, who is still a great player, still young and still doing what he’s doing, wants to play for my team, it’s a massive moment for us."

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"I had the privilege of coaching the best player in the history of football," Christophe Galtier said. "This will be his last match at the Parc des Princes, and I hope that he will receive the warmest of welcomes."

However, Messi was booed on his final Parisian outing – and the clash served as an allegory of Messi's career in France, there were misplaced passes, fluffed lines, and a lot of frustration.

PSG slumped to defeat, and Messi waved goodbye to France with a whimper.

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