Messi in Beijing for friendly before switch to Inter Miami

Argentine star Lionel Messi arrived in Beijing on Saturday for a friendly match before joining Major League Soccer side Inter Miami as a free agent.

His arrival was announced in a post on the organiser International Football Invitation’s official Weibo social media site with a video of players stepping off a plane, ahead of Thursday’s Argentina-Australia match in the Chinese capital’s recently rebuilt Workers’ Stadium.

Messi, who lifted the World Cup in Qatar in December, confirmed this week he will leave French champions Paris St Germain for the U.S. league.