And Inter Miami posted a picture of its talisman Messi getting on a team plane set for Riyadh on Wednesday, captioning the X post ‘MIA [plane emoji] RUH,’ which is the abbreviation for King Khalid International Airport.

Messi flashed a grin as he carried a bright orange bag onto the plane, while Jordi Alba showed off some Louis Vuitton luggage.

Miami’s players will have packed heavily as they won’t be returning home for another couple of weeks.

Lionel Messi flashed a wide grin as he hopped on a team plane to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.

Jordi Alba was also seen boarding the plane in pictures posted to the club’s X account.

Luis Suarez was serenaded by his teammates as they wished him a happy 37th birthday.

The Herons will face Al-Hilal on January 29 in Riyadh before playing Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr just three days later on Thursday, February 1.

Three days after that, Messi and his teammates will head east to face a team of the Hong Kong Premier League’s best players on February 4.

And the Herons will then face Vissel Kobe on February 7 at the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo before finally heading home.

In total, the club will have flown over 23,000 miles for its preseason (including El Salvador and Texas), as a video from Front Office Sports showed.

The Herons will then stage one more preseason test at home before the MLS season begins, as Messi will reunite with his childhood club Newell’s Old Boys on February 15.

Real Salt Lake will visit South Florida on February 21 to begin the regular season.

Miami has failed to score in its first two preseason tests, drawing El Salvador 0-0 and losing to FC Dallas 1-0.