A former Manchester United star has revealed he rejected Lionel Messi's request to join him at Major League Soccer side Inter Miami.
Messi joined the MLS outfit last year and managed to convince Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba and Luis Suarez to join the club as well.
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Fellow Argentine defender Marcos Rojo has revealed Messi contacted him about making the switch to America when he was at Boca Juniors last year.
"Leo called me, it's not like it was just anyone or an intermediary, no one," Rojo told La Red.
"I spoke with Leo Messi, who told me about the possibility of going to Inter. Imagine what that means for any footballer.
"The truth is I was not convinced to leave Boca, I had recently renewed. The only thing I did was communicate with Roman (Riquelme) to tell him about the situation and to tell him that if he needed me here I was going to stay.
"I wasn't convinced to leave, I didn't want to leave. If he told me that he needed me here for this year, I was 100% convinced to continue in Boca and I want to continue doing it."
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