LIONEL MESSI avoided speaking English publicly for the first time ever during his Inter Miami press conference on Thursday.
The Argentine, 36, has hit the ground running at the MLS club, netting nine goals in six games.
And he has led David Beckham's American side to the Leagues Cup final where they will face Nashville on Sunday.
There was speculation ahead of Messi's pre-match press conference that he would speak English in front of the media for the first time in his career.
However, when a question began being asked he grabbed an earphone to hear the translation – before he answered in Spanish.
But while he did not show off his English skills, he refused to let that stop him from having a dig at former club Paris Saint-Germain.
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Messi spent two seasons with the French giants after departing Barcelona in emotional circumstances.
The LaLiga side were forced to let their greatest ever player leave the Nou Camp due to a financial crisis.
And, comparing his move to Inter Miami with his switch to PSG, he has insisted he never wanted to make the transfer from Barcelona to Paris.
He said: "I am excited there will be another game to continue that happiness. I am very happy now, I said that from the very beginning.
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'I chose coming here to this city, it was a decision that we made with time. We didn't make this decision overnight, and that's why everything is much easier.
"We are in the place we want to be and it was our decision, that's why everything is much easier.
"I didn't want to leave [Barcelona] for PSG and that was [an] overnight [decision].
"I wanted to stay in Barcelona, but I had to get used to a different place, a different place from the one I had lived in terms of the city.
"It was difficult in Paris, but it is quite the opposite what is going on with me here and now."
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