Lionel Messi will LEAVE PSG on the finish of the season with the suspended Argentine sad with the membership’s course amid their ongoing row over his unsanctioned Saudi Arabia journey
Lionel Messi seems to have performed his final match for Paris Saint Germain and stays decided to maneuver again to Barcelona regardless of the Spanish membership’s monetary troubles.
Messi has been suspended for 2 weeks with out pay by the French membership after he missed Monday’s coaching session with out permission.
The participant was fulfilling a industrial dedication in Saudi Arabia the place he’s a tourism ambassador.
His journey to Riyadh had been organized on a day-off however the gamers have been referred to as in Monday after they misplaced 3-1 to Lorient on the weekend.
The severity of the punishment – he won’t be able to enter membership amenities and misses two Ligue 1 video games in opposition to Troyes and Ajaccio – seems to substantiate suspicions that the Ligue 1 leaders are planning subsequent season with out the 35-year-old.
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The Argentine posed along with his household in Saudi Arabia throughout an unauthorised go to
When Messi’s ban ends there’ll solely be three video games left and the participant’s focus is now on discovering a membership for subsequent season.
On Wednesday the expectation in Barcelona was that Messi would return to town along with his household within the coming days amid strategies he’s keen to do no matter it takes to re-sign for the membership.
Barcelona’s downside is registering Messi’s contract with La Liga whose guidelines oblige the membership to lose round 200m euros from their present wage invoice earlier than they register new gamers.
Even when Messi agrees to pay for a nominal price – one thing that sources near the participant recommend he has not dominated out – La Liga would nonetheless oblige Barcelona to register the participant’s wages on the market price leaving them struggling to steadiness their squad spend contained in the league-imposed permitted restrict.
It stays unclear as to what the long run holds for Messi, who has been suspended by PSG
Messi posed along with his spouse Antonella throughout photographs in Saudi Arabia, the place he had pre-arranged a go to for one in every of his industrial commitments as an envoy for tourism on Wednesday.
The World Cup winner signed a £25m-a-year take care of Saudi Arabia final 12 months to turn out to be a tourism ambassador.
Whereas PSG gamers have been scheduled to have a time without work on Monday, following their 3-1 loss to Lorient, Christophe Galtier referred to as the squad in for coaching.
Messi was already on his technique to Saudi Arabia, nevertheless, and couldn’t flip again to attend and missed coaching.
David Beckham’s Inter Miami have additionally been linked with a transfer for the 35-year-old, who won’t be in need of choices upon the expiry of his PSG deal this summer season.