Inter Miami star Lionel Messi will not be heading to the Premier League any time soon despite the current MLS season ending in October. The World Cup winner joined David Beckham's Inter Miami earlier this year and made an immediate impression on his debut by scoring a last minute free kick.

In the following months, Messi scored 11 goals in 13 games, however only one of those came in MLS action with the Argentine playing just 72 minutes since early September because of injury. His absence has seemingly cost Inter Miami in the league with a 1-0 defeat FC Cincinnati this past Saturday ruling them out of play-off contention with their season set to end on October 21, 2023.

However, it is certainly not a season of disappointment for Inter Miami with Messi, as captain, guiding his team to a League Cup triumph where he scored in every round including in the final against Nashville in August. Despite his injury issues for his club, Messi has still been able to feature for Argentina and he is expected to play in his country's upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Paraguay and Peru.

Despite Messi only signing for Inter Miami a few months ago, his next possible destination has already been discussed at length with a sensational return to Barcelona still being mooted despite the financial constraints that stopped the transfer in the summer. A move to Saudi Arabia alongside the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Neymar has also been rumoured, however according to Spanish journalist Guillem Balague neither of those things are going to happen imminently.

"Messi will have around one month holiday, like other footballers. So forget any move to Saudi or similar," Balague revealed as per BBC Sport. Loan moves for MLS stars in the off-season was once a regular occurrence, however overseas temporary switches are now far less common and it does not look as though Messi is going to break that trend.

Inter Miami boss Tata Martino also brushed off the rumour regarding Messi joining his former club. "That's surprising," he said after the weekend defeat. "I know nothing about that. If you're telling me that he's going to go visit Barcelona on vacation, yes, it's probable, but I don't have any information on the other part."

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Chelsea co-owner Todd Boehly has attempted to sign Messi since taking control of the Blues last summer, but his final chances to welcome the 36-year-old to Stamford Bridge appear to be dwindling away. Despite Messi's love for Tottenham defender Cristian Romero, a move to play with his international team-mate in north London is simply unthinkable.

Meanwhile, even if he was available, it would be very unlikely that Arsenal make it known they want to sign Messi on a short-term loan given Mikel Arteta's stance on the signings made by the club, preferably needing to be a certain age. Nonetheless, Messi in the Premier League still would have been a joy to watch, if only for a brief spell, but it still remains an unlikely transfer given he also has a number of years left on his Inter Miami contract.