With tears in his eyes and before his companions, Lionel messi said goodbye last Sunday to FC Barcelona. At that moment, for many, his departure was sentenced; however, in the last few hours, things would have changed. The Barça club has reflected and will try to get the star to stay with them for a while longer.
As reported by the Catalan media La Portería on its Twitter account, the Culé leadership sent a final proposal to the Argentine forward, this early Tuesday morning, to renew with the institution.
Joan Laporta and his team still hope that their greatest star will not abandon them. “The renewal is not ruled out,” they explain from the aforementioned medium. ‘Leo’ will have to make a decision before this weekend.
On Monday morning, the information was handled that the ’10’ had everything ready to pack suitcases and arrive in Paris early on Tuesday to pass medical examinations and be presented by PSG in the Parc des Princes, but this it was discarded with the passing of the hours. You will not travel until the link is confirmed.
Fabrizio Romano, a well-known journalist for the Sky Sports chain, explained that Lionel’s lawyers and his father, Jorge, are still working on the formalities of the official contract with PSG that they received last Sunday. It is still unknown when will be the day that Messi will take the plane, but it is speculated that it will be Wednesday.
The French club offers him a net annual salary of around 40 million euros (47 million dollars), according to the French press, placing him above Neymar (36 million euros; 42 million dollars). The duration of the contract would be two years, with the option of a third.
QSI’s financial muscle and the relaxation of UEFA’s financial ‘fair play’ rules made possible an operation that few envisioned just two months ago.
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