DBasia.news – The legend Lionel Messi has officially left FC Barcelona. His contract was not extended by Barcelona because of the regulation on salary restrictions in LaLiga. No doubt Messi will wear the jersey of another club next season.
Signing Messi is a dream for many clubs. La Pulga is not just a player. Messi, 34, has won everything with Barcelona since promotion from La Masia in 2004 with 10 LaLiga titles, four Champions Leagues and six Ballon d’Ors.
His legacy at Barcelona will last for a long time to come. It will be interesting to see which club will have the player with the Argentine passport, but if you look at the latest news PSG (Paris Saint-Germain) is the only realistic destination for Messi.
PSG is a club that dares to pay the superstar’s high salary. In addition, reports from Fabrizio Romano, a European football transfer expert, PSG are the only club that is intensely approaching Messi.
PSG has prepared a contract until June 2023 with an option to extend it for a year, with a salary of 35 million euros per season (plus bonuses). Even according to a report by Diego Monroig, an ESPN journalist, PSG have prepared the Eiffel Tower as a place to welcome Messi.
Les Parisiens, in 2017 broke the world transfer record when they signed Neymar from Barcelona for 222 million euros. At that time PSG also rented the Eiffel Tower, a symbol of Paris and France, for around 300,000 euros to introduce it.
That could potentially happen again on August 10, 2021. PSG have rented the Eiffel Tower to introduce Messi. Previously there was an issue that PSG would violate FFP (Financial Fair Play), but that rule was removed now in the midst of the corona virus pandemic.
Lionel Messi salary
As reported above, Messi’s salary is 35 million euros per season. However, according to L’Equipe, Messi’s salary could even reach 40 million euros. If true then it exceeds Neymar’s 35 million euro salary.
“This is a little less than what French clubs have offered in the past,” wrote L’Equipe. “But it suits the player’s demands and gives him at least two years. A meeting between PSG and the player’s representatives is scheduled for Sunday.”
If Messi joined Mauricio Pochettino’s PSG, PSG would have a terrible power in Europe with Neymar, Messi, Kylian Mbappe, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Achraf Hakimi, Sergio Ramos and Marco Verratti.