The Argentine star would not renew his contract with PSG, which expires next June.
As the end of the season draws near in Europe’s major leagues, Lionel Messi’s future promises to be a trending topic in the world of soccer between now and June, when his contract with PSG expires and it seems that he will not renew it.
Since the beginning of the year, the Parisian club’s directors have been trying to convince the Argentine to extend his contract, but this has not been successful. Initially it was thought that the renewal was on track, but the tense situation that the star is going through with the team’s fans, would be a trigger for him to consider a future far away from France.
In fact, information in recent weeks indicated that Messi’s desire not to remain at PSG was so great that the possibility of a return to Barcelona, which is not going through a good economic situation, has been raised.
🚨 Understand Al Hilal sent an official bid to Leo Messi: salary worth more than €400m/year.
◉ Leo’s absolute priority: continue in Europe.
◉ Barcelona, waiting on FFP to send bid and open talks.
◉ PSG bid, not accepted at this stage as Messi wanted sporting guarantees. pic.twitter.com/FVTDGs4eQV
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) April 4, 2023
Al Hilal offers 400 million euros for Messi
However, from Arabia they would intrude on the dream of the ‘culé’ box with an offer that would exceed any economic limit thought before. If the astronomical salary of 200 million euros per year that convinced Cristiano Ronaldo to sign for Al-Nassr had already astonished, another club from that league would make a gigantic effort to sign ‘Lio’.
According to renowned journalist Fabrizio Romano, Al-Hilal would present an offer of 400 million euros per year to grace the Saudi league with the two best players in the world in the last century.
Will he accept or not? For now that is the uncertainty, the only truth here is that Lionel Messi already has this unthinkable offer on the table. Other versions assure that before being tempted by Al-Hilal, the star had the intention of continuing in Europe, either in PSG, Barcelona or in some other surprise destination, but the amount of zeros in the check of the Arabs could lead him to try his luck in the exotic Saudi league.