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Article continues belowArticle continues belowArticle continues below<ul><li>Argentine superstar returned to Europe from USA</li><li>Picked up another Ballon d'Or while in Paris</li><li>Took the opportunity to relax &amp; have some fun</li></ul>This page contains affiliate links. When you subscribe through the links provided, we may earn a commission.<a href="https://tv.apple.com/channel/tvs.sbd.7000?itsct=goal_mls&amp;itscg=30200&amp;at=1010l39UY" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">Sign up here for MLS Season Pass through Apple TV and watch every MLS match, including Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami!</a>

Watch out Max Verstappen! Inter Miami superstar Lionel Messi drives bright pink racing car during family trip to Disneyland Paris

The Inter Miami superstar was recently back in Europe to collect the eighth Ballon d’Or of his remarkable career. He <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/watch-lionel-messi-stares-down-fan-cristiano-ronaldo-shirt-inter-miami-superstar-mobbed-naples-thiago/blt624acab25e7e0706" target="_blank">spent time in Italy during that trip</a>, while also returning to Paris – where he spent two years with PSG before heading to the United States – and <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/ballon-dor-2023-power-rankings/blt51e9eccbef548b72" target="_blank">picked up his latest Golden Ball</a> in the French capital.

WHAT HAPPENED?

Messi found time during a family vacation, which came at the end of his debut campaign in MLS, to pay a visit to Disneyland Paris. He took his young family along for a fun-filled day out, with the Argentine superstar happy to play the doting dad despite forever operating under the brightest of spotlights.

THE BIGGER PICTURE

Messi was never going to sail under the radar while taking in some theme park rides, with one eagle-eyed fan spotting the 2022 World Cup winner taking the wheel of a colourful sports car – one <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/secret-meetings-10-year-project-how-david-beckham-signed-lionel-messi-inter-miami-co-owner/bltcc28a521e2bdff22 " target="_blank">sporting Inter Miami colours</a> - that he had to pretend was being driven around a track.<center></center>

WATCH THE CLIP

Messi has now taken in his final competitive game of 2023 – with <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/rodrygo-father-takes-aim-little-saint-lionel-messi-argument-chaotic-2026-world-cup-qualifier-brazil-argentina-maracana/bltf28ffbc3087c9e0e" target="_blank">Argentina playing out an eventful 2026 World Cup qualifier against Brazil</a> at the Maracana – and will not be seen on the field again until Inter Miami return for pre-season. Various friendly dates are being mooted for the Florida-based outfit, although <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/cristiano-ronaldo-lionel-messi-inter-miami-al-nassr-riyadh-season-cup/blte7c0c2c87e1b1e96" target="_blank">talk of facing Al-Nassr and Cristiano Ronaldo has been played down</a>.

WHAT NEXT FOR MESSI?

Watch out Max Verstappen! Inter Miami superstar Lionel Messi drives bright pink racing car during family trip to Disneyland Paris | Goal.com Australia

Formula 1 Max Verstappen may have competition in the racing stakes, with Lionel Messi spotted driving a bright pink theme park car.