Inter Miami's elimination from the Club World Cup led to doubts surfacing about Messi's future at the Major League Soccer side. His contract there is set to expire at the end of this year, and it includes an option for a 12-month extension, which has yet to be agreed upon.

Lionel Messi is rumoured to be considering leaving Inter Miami and joining a competitive club ahead of next year's World Cup. We look at the clubs he could join.

Never before has a franchise been so intrinsically linked with a player. Lionel Messi is Inter Miami and vice versa, but nothing lasts forever, and the legendary Argentinian will leave sooner or later. The Herons need to be prepared for that inevitability.