Lionel Messi will wear his Argentina shirt again for two matches with his beloved national team in the next 10 days, before leading Inter Miami in the FIFA Club World Cup.

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Messi has been in the U.S. for two years with Inter Miami, thousands of miles away from his home country Argentina, where a media frenzy that tracked his every move became toxic up until 2022.