Lionel Messi receives contract offer from France’s PSG after Barcelona exit

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Lionel Messi receives contract offer from France's PSG after Barcelona exit

Aug 9, 2021:  French club PSG have offered Lionel Messi an initial 2 year deal, thought to be worth £25m a year after tax, currently being reviewed by his representatives.

The French club PSG have offered Lionel Messi an initial two-year deal, thought to be worth £25m a year after tax, and the six-time Ballon d’Or winner and his representatives are now reviewing and considering it carefully.

After leaving Barcelona, ​​Messi has two other possible options, but PSG is keen to sign him.

Barcelona have announced that Messi will not continue at the club as he has been unable to fulfill a new contract agreed with the player due to “financial and structural hurdles”.

The Argentina international has spoken directly with PSG head coach Mauricio Pochettino this week about moving to the French capital.

Asked if PSG would be his next move at Sunday’s farewell news conference, Messi said: “It’s a possibility, to reach these heights. “I haven’t confirmed anything with anyone. I had a lot of calls, a lot of interested clubs. At the moment, nothing is closed, but we’re talking about a lot of things.”

PSG quickly emerged as front-runners for his signature, a move that would reunite him with former Barcelona team-mate Neymar. Messi said he did not want to leave Barcelona in an emotional farewell news conference on Sunday.

Lionel Messi shed tears after announcing the end of his 21 years with the club at his last press conference in Barcelona. Barcelona confirmed Messi’s departure on Thursday night, the same day he returned to Catalonia after a Copa America holiday.

Messi went to Barcelona expecting to agree on the details of the announcement of his new five-year contract, and he confirmed that he had offered to reduce his wages by 50%. “This year, my family and I were confident we would stay home, we all wanted more than anything,” Mess said. “We always made it our own. We were at home. We thought we would stay here in Barcelona. But today we have to say goodbye to them all.”

Meanwhile, Lionel Messi has also confirmed that he offered to halve his wages in order to stay at Barcelona while branding reports that he asked for a 30 per cent wage increase as “a lie”.

Messi addressed the media at Camp Nou for the final time on Sunday, having been forced to cut short his 21-year career at Barca due to a breakdown in negotiations over a new long-term contract.

The Catalan giants have been frantically trying to reduce their wage bill since the end of the 2020-21 campaign to get back below La Liga’s official limit, but it was suggested that their club captain was demanding a more lucrative package to extend his stay.

Messi has now clarified the situation by insisting that he has agreed to reduce his income by 50 per cent, with Goal revealing earlier this summer that he was all set to commit his future to the Blaugrana till 2026.

However, that sacrifice was not enough, and six times Ballon d’Or and the winner defended his role in his last press conference as a Barcelona player. “The report I asked for 30% more is a lie. It’s a lie. I offered to reduce my contract by 50%, and then they didn’t ask me for anything. “As the president said, the club has a huge debt, they can’t do that, it’s not possible to [stay].

Messi won 10 La Liga titles and four Champions Leagues among a whole host of major honours during his time at Camp Nou while scoring 672 goals across all competitions, but isn’t completely satisfied with his trophy haul.

Messi admitted that joining the PSG was a “possibility” before concluding his press conference, and he also addressed a photo circulating on social media in which he was seen with Angel de Maria, Leandro Paredes and Marco Varreti on holiday.

The Argentina International, which is reportedly set to sign a two-year lucrative deal at the Parc des Princes, added: “The picture with Paris Saint-Germain was a complete coincidence. “I was there with my friends, we decided to take pictures … They said to me: ‘Come to Paris!’ But it was just a joke, we were on vacation. “

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