Paris Saint-Germain celebrates Messi's arrival
Messi greets the fans after his arrival in Paris.
EPA
Yesterday, Paris Saint-Germain celebrated the arrival of Argentine star Lionel Messi to the French capital in order to sign his transfer contract.
The French capital club began the video with the phrase “Mercato Update”, meaning an update in the transfer market, with clips showing, among other things, a plane in the sky and six golden balls in the background of the Eiffel Tower, in addition to the Argentine shirt with the number 10, and a pen signing on a paper, in A reference to the settlement of the issue of the signing of the former Barcelona star with Saint-Germain.
The Argentine star landed at about three thirty in the afternoon local time at Le Bourget Airport, wearing a T-shirt that read "Here is Paris", and saluted the fans who were waiting for him.
Before leaving Barcelona airport, accompanied by his wife and three children on his way to the French capital, Jorge Messi, the father of the best player in the world six times, confirmed that his son would sign Saint Germain.
Messi's friend and former colleague in Barcelona, the Brazilian Neymar, was one of the first to welcome the Argentine star with a post on "Instagram" in which he wrote, "We met again," referring to the period the two players spent together in the Catalan club between 2013 and 2017, before the Brazilian star moved to the capital club. The French in a record deal amounted to 222 million euros.
Messi is leaving Barcelona after the Catalan club shocked the world of the game by announcing Thursday, and contrary to what was agreed upon between the two parties, not to sign a new contract with the 34-year-old, due to the new salary cap rules imposed by the Spanish League, and because the club does not want to risk its budget, according to what Its boss, Joan Laporta, reported.
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