According to media reports, Lionel Messi will play for Paris Saint-Germain in the future.
As reported by “L'Équipe” and RMC Sport in France or “Marca” and “Sport” in Spain and “Olé” from Messi's native Argentina, the six-time world footballer reached an agreement with PSG officials on Tuesday.
He was expected in Paris this Tuesday, it said.
On Wednesday there will be a press conference with the 34-year-old Argentine, for whom a new phase of football will begin after 21 years at FC Barcelona.
Messi is said to be signing a two-year deal.
This should include an option for another season together.
Messi would then be 37 years old at the end of June 2024.
He had to leave FC Barcelona, which he joined as a 13-year-old, even though both sides wanted to continue working together.
The statutes of the financial fair play of the Spanish league did not allow it, however, the club is highly indebted with almost 490 million euros.
In Paris, Messi will play with the German national player Thilo Kehrer and the former world champion Julian Draxler, among others.
The team of the Argentine coach Mauricio Pochettino is likely to be the best the football club world has to offer in terms of its name alone: In addition to the Brazilian Neymar, world champions Kylian Mbappé from France, the two Italian European champions Gianluigi Donnarumma and Marco Verratti as well as play there the former Real icon Sergio Ramos.
Messi said goodbye to FC Barcelona in tears on Sunday, calling PSG a possibility.