From the moment when Barcelona officially announced that Lionel Messi will not sign a new contract with the club, all eyes were on the wealthy shaiks from Quatar, as they were the only ones who could afford the Argentinian. And today the unoficial confirmation arrived that they managed to pull off the deal of the year: PSG owner’s brother confirmed that Leo Messi will come to Paris. Manchester City are out of the race to sign Messi before they’d even entered it, but PSG are working on itKhalid bin Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, the brother of Emir, who owns PSG is definitely a reliable source, and he hurried to announce the deal on social media. “The negotiations are officially concluded. And it will be announced later” he wrote on his Twitter account, with a photoshop of Messi in a PSG shirt. It’s basically a logical conclusion, since there are not many clubs in the world who could afford the best player on the planet, and since Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola ruled out the transfer, the only remaining solution was PSG. They want to prove they are the best, they need a Champions League trophy, a lot of Messi’s friends play for the Parisians, and the club developed an (un)healthy rivalry with Barca over the year, so this transfer was a must for the wealthy sheik. Negotiations are officially concluded. And announce later #Messi #Paris_Saint_Germain pic.twitter.com/BxlmCfARII— خلـــيفة بـــن حمـــد آلــ ثانــــــي (@khm_althani) August 6, 2021 The journalistic environment of PSG , familiar with the Qatari family that runs the club, accepted the message, accompanied by a montage of a photograph of Messi wearing the PSG shirt.”There is talk of a salary of 40 million euros net per year, with a proposal of 2 to 3 years. From the club they think that it would be possible to accommodate the three, Messi, Neymar and Mbappe . It is a unique possibility and the club wants to make the effort. Nothing has been signed yet, but never before has Messi been so close. There is almost a verbal agreement and now we need a meeting to finalize it, we believe that the meeting will be on Sunday” the L’Equipe journalist, Jose Barroso said to RAC1.
