Lionel Messi’s £7million luxury apartment In Miami

"I heard that they had to sell players or lower players' salaries and the truth is that I didn't want to go through that, nor take charge of obtaining something that had to do with all that." Barcelona later released a statement saying Messi had chosen a Miami move over an offer from the Catalan club. "President [Joan] Laporta understood and respected Messi's decision to want to compete in a league with fewer demands, further away from the spotlight and the pressure he has been subject to in recent years," it added.