Paris Saint-Germain will quickly bring in Lionel Messi, according to various French media. Jorge Messi, the father of the 34-year-old attacker, is according to Foot Mercato very close to an agreement with PSG. Fabrizio Romano is a little less firm and reports that the French superpower has gained confidence in the arrival of Messi in recent hours.
Thursday evening it came out that Messi is not staying at Barcelona. Since then, Paris Saint-Germain has started the process to bring in the Argentine. According to Romano, PSG still needs approval in the context of Financial Fair Play, but expects to be able to ratify the agreement soon. The Argentinian ole writes that the club plans to present Messi next Tuesday.
Messi has ordered his representatives to quickly reach an agreement with PSG. The Argentinian is inspired by the sporting project of the Parisians, who brought in big names last summer with, among others, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Sergio Ramos and Achraf Hakimi. In addition, Messi would like to be reunited with Neymar, with whom he played for four years at Barcelona. Messi also looks forward to working with his compatriot Mauricio Pochettino, the manager of PSG.
Le Parisien adds that Messi’s arrival will in principle not affect Kylian Mbappe’s stay on. The star player of PSG has an expiring contract and wants that according to marca do not renew. According to the aforementioned Paris newspaper, Mbappe is eager to play with Messi and PSG has no intention of selling the French attacker. As is known, Real Madrid is very interested in Mbappe.
Related
More sports news