Lionel Messi has just received an offer from a Saudi Arabian team. Accordingly, the national club is willing to pay El Pulga an unbelievable salary with a figure more than double what Cristiano Ronaldo is receiving.
On the evening of April 4, French media published information that Lionel Messi will leave PSG this summer when the agreement between the two sides officially expires. That means, the Argentine superstar becomes a free agent and is free to join any club he wants.
Messi is having an uncomfortable life at PSG
Immediately after the above information appeared, the representative of the Saudi national championship Al Hilal sent Messi a huge offer. According to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, the West Asian team is ready to offer the world champion in the 2022 World Cup with a salary of up to 350m pounds/year.
This figure is more than double what Cristiano Ronaldo is receiving at Al Nassr with an income of 173 million pounds a year. Meanwhile, Mbappe only receives a salary of about 63 million pounds a year, which means that Messi’s new offer is nearly 6 times higher than that of his PSG teammate.
It is obviously a really attractive offer for any football player around the world because pocketing huge amounts of money is always the destination for all professional sports athletes.
Al Hilal offered Messi twice as much salary as Ronaldo if he went to Saudi Arabia
Football fans are also waiting for the prospect of seeing CR7 and El Pulga face off in the same national championship in the future. Therefore, they expect the Argentine superstar to choose to join Al Hilal.
However, according to a revelation from Romano, Messi is likely to refuse the unbelievable offer made by the Saudi representative. The reason is because, he wants to stay in the European football environment to fιght instead of choosing to come to Asia.
Messi is likely to still choose Europe to maintain his level to contribute to Argentina
The 35-year-old himself is waiting for an official offer from Barcelona to be able to return to his old team in the summer transfer window this year, despite the fɑct that he will only receive a salary much less than that to Al Hilal to play.
Obviously, this also helps Barcelona fans “open the flag in their stomach” and hope to see the image of the Argentine striker wearing the legendary No. 10 shirt to dedicate to the club.
Messi turns his attitude about the future at PSG
The prestigious French newspaper L’Equipe confirmed on its front page that Messi will not continue his adventures at PSG next season. The Argentine superstar will have to accept a significant salary reduction compared to the present if he wants to continue to stick with the rich French team.
According to L’Equipe, this is not the original plan of the PSG leadership and Messi. In the middle of last year’s 2022 World Cup, Messi’s father and agent, Jorge, and PSG president Nasser Al Khelaifi reached a verbal agreement that The Argentine superstar will stay in the French capital for at least another season. But since then, there has been no update on the extension between the two parties.
Messi is likely to leave PSG at the end of the season
Last week, L’Equipe newspaper reveɑled that Messi is currently earning 3,375 million euros a month at PSG, making him third on the list of the highest earning players in French football behind teammates Neymar and Kylian Mbappe , the highest paid player in the world in 2022 according to Forbes.
If this information is correct, L’Equipe newspaper debunked the information provided by the Spanish daily Mundo Deportivo last week. Mundo Deportivo once reveɑled that PSG are willing to offer Messi a higher salary with a long-term contract.
PSG now face problems of their own in meeting the provisions of the Financial Fair Play Act. The Paris team is also trying to renew with Mbappe, the brightest star in French football at the moment and younger than Messi.
Messi’s future is a matter of concern for many clubs
Messi’s relationship with PSG fans is seriously fractured after the Argentine superstar was booed again before the 0-1 defeat to Lyon at home.
However, Messi has no shortage of options if he leaves PSG. Recently, the leader of Barcelona confirmed that he had opened negotiations with Messi’s representative.
Barca’s transfer expert, Gerard Romero, has reveɑled that the leaders of the Nou Camp team are currently looking for sponsors to bring Messi back without breakιng the Financial Fair Play Law. In addition, the teams in the MLS are also ready to bring the Argentine superstar to the US to play football.