After one and a half years in the league, Inter Miami star Lionel Messi made an honest admission about his decision to join Major League Soccer.

"The truth is that I always had it in my mind to play in MLS," said Messi, the sport's most decorated player of all time. "I felt called to come to Inter because it's a club that's growing, that's very new, with few years as a club, and I like the idea of coming and helping the club to become a greater club.