2023-05-05 12:41:51
A source close to Lionel Messi, captain of the Argentina World Cup winning team, told Archyde.com that Messi had received an official offer to join the Saudi club Al Hilal next season. The source added that the offer submitted by the Saudi club is the only offer that Messi has obtained so far. Argentine media reported that the offer amounted to about $400 million annually. Al-Hilal did not immediately respond to a request for comment outside normal business hours.
And media reports linked the 35-year-old Messi to the possibility of returning to his childhood club, Barcelona, and stated that the American club, Inter Miami, may be a possible destination for Messi. And the French sports newspaper L’Equipe reported last Tuesday that Paris Saint-Germain will not extend the contract of Argentine striker Messi because of his travel to Saudi Arabia without obtaining permission. Messi signed a two-season contract with the option to extend for another season when he joined the French champions in 2021.
The newspaper said that club officials decided not to activate this clause. Paris Saint-Germain suspended his Argentine player for two weeks after he traveled to Saudi Arabia and was absent from training after the 3-1 defeat at home to Lorient in the league on Sunday. Messi became an ambassador for tourism in Saudi Arabia since last May, and played a match with Paris Saint-Germain against Al-Nasr and Al-Hilal stars in January of this year. His eternal rival, Cristiano Ronaldo, signed a contract with the Saudi club Al-Nasr last December in a deal reported to be around $220 million annually.
Another source close to Messi told Archyde.com that Saint-Germain suspended him after the striker told the French club that he would not continue in Paris after this season and felt that the club lacked a project. The source added that Paris Saint-Germain did not have any training last Monday in its schedule, and that the decision to hold a training session was not taken until after Messi was already in Saudi Arabia. A source close to Paris Saint-Germain denied this, and told Archyde.com that Messi traveled without permission from the French club, despite the fact that there was a training session on Monday. The source did not comment on whether Messi had already informed PSG that he intended to leave at the end of the season.
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