Lionel Messi has announced that he will join Inter Miami in the MLS through simultaneously published interviews with SPORT and Mundo Deportivo.

Messi held court with reporters from the Catalan daily newspapers in Paris on Wednesday, telling them: "I made the decision that I am going to go to Miami."

"I still don't have it 100% closed or something is missing. But well, we decided to continue the path there," he added.

Messi's Paris Saint-Germain contract expires on June 30, with both the Ligue 1 giants and the player revealing last weekend that he would depart following two seasons in the French capital.

Rather than allow a transfer saga to drag on over the summer, Messi has resolved his future swiftly after PSG's Ligue 1-winning season concluded with a 3-2 defeat to Clermont Foot on Saturday.

On Monday, former club FC Barcelona appeared close to signing their greatest ever player after their financial viability plan got the green light and Messi's father and agent Jorge Messi was filmed meeting the Catalans' president Joan Laporta.

The following day, however, Argentine journalist Hernan Castillo reported that Messi had decided to join Inter Miami which was then confirmed by numerous reporters and outlets on Wednesday afternoon.

Transfer market expert Fabrizio Romano tweeted that an announcement from Messi was expected in the coming hours, and this has proven to be true.

Messi turned down a huge offer from Al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia to make his move across the Atlantic a reality.

Romano and GOAL reported that Messi had been offered €500 million ($534 million) a year to star in the Saudi Pro League.

Once it seemed that Messi would head to Florida, Al-Hilal then upped the ante and offered Messi €1.5 billion ($1.6 billion) according to COPE's Helena Condis.

This seems to have been rejected too, however, and Inter Miami also plan to start negotiations with Messi's close friends Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets, and Luis Suarez to potentially make a huge reunion happen between legends of Barca's last treble in 2015, TyC Sport's Gaston Edul reports.

Messi joins Inter Miami with the team struggling at the bottom of the Eastern Conference, and he could make his debut at his new home - the DRV PNK Stadium - against Austin FC on July 2.