Jorge Messi reveals Lionel currently has no agreement with any club. Father Messi feels called upon to come up with a statement, following the stories that son Lionel would be around with a club from Saudi Arabia.
Father Messi makes short work of wild rumors in a statement
Jorge Messi lashes out at the media who have reported on a deal between Messi and the club. “We will not make a decision until after the season,” he said in a statement. “There are always rumors and many use Lionel’s name to gain fame, but there is only one truth and that is that nothing is happening right now. There is no verbal agreement and nothing has been signed at all. We will only consider after this season.”
The club that wants Messi is Al-Hilal, which reportedly offered a salary of 400 million euros a year. Messi is now still under contract with Paris Saint-Germain, the club with which he was recently at odds. The Argentinian went to Saudi Arabia without permission and was suspended for two weeks.
In addition to Al-Hilal, Barcelona also hopes for the arrival of Messi. However, the club would be financially bound hand and foot, making his return to Camp Nou seem to be a difficult story.
Spanish and French media contradict each other about the future of Messi
The future of Lionel Messi is on the international media’s minds. According to French media, the Argentinian is on his way to Saudi Arabia. But that is denied by the media in Spain.
The news from the French news agency AFP spread like wildfire and now other media are also taking it up: Spanish media deny that a transfer to Saudi Arabia is done and state that Messi will not make a decision about his career until after the season. future takes. However, the leading L’Équipe knows that there is more to it: Messi is on his way to the sandbox, there is an oral agreement, only the signatures are still missing. Al-Hilal is expected to be the club that wants to attract Messi.
That it may be Saudi Arabia is not very surprising. Messi has been regularly associated with the sandbox in recent weeks, even going there without PSG’s permission. Exactly what Messi can earn is not entirely clear. But amounts of 400 million euros per year are being circulated in several media.
