The player is the same, but the reports are totally different. Lionel Messi had its field day after the World Cup, where he partied and paraded with the World Cup trophy. The Argentinian celebrated the only missing honor during his successful career and upon returning to PSG, his displays were subpar. His ‘engine’ went out of steam and he wasn’t as good as before Qatar. And what’s even worse, he didn’t show anything at the game of the year for the Parisians – Champions League elimination match with Bayern. And now, in a home defeat against Rennes, he was booed by the Paris crowd. Famous L’Equipe was quick to publish an article with information that the club owners are thinking about not renewing his contract, which runs out in June. But then the Spanish Mundo Deportivo, famous for its great connections with Barcelona and its former and current players published a report totally opposite to French’s.🚨 PSG are no longer sure on their desire to renew Lionel Messi. The club has seen that his renewal is far from being unanimous among the supporters. The club is thinking about the evolution of the sports project. #PSG 🔵🇦🇷 [L’ÉQUIPE] pic.twitter.com/ZWJYwEP7oR— Football Talk (@FootballTalkHQ) March 20, 2023 L’Equipe wrote that the club agreed with Messi to renew after the World Cup, but now, when it came to details, the wage became the first stumbling block, since the Argentinian wants a wage close to Mbappe’s, which is out of question. Some at the club are considering a change of direction in terms of the development of the team, while others believe that keeping the forward around will not necessarily be the favoured option for many fans. Messi, who already had a difficult relationship with the PSG ultras after being booed last year, went straight down the tunnel at full-time while some of his teammates applauded the fans. If the deal is not struck, Saudi Arabia, Inter Miami and Barcelona remain the possible options.The Messi case: A fuse was lit in Paris for the explosion to sound in Barcelona and echo through eternityMundo Deportivo is writing totally opposite. According to the Spanish newspapers, president Nasser Al-Khelaifi and director Luis Campos have received a very clear message from the Qatar command bridge that governs PSG’s destinies from Doha: the number 1 objective is to retain Messi. Sheiks from Doha are reasoning like this: if the Argentinian was great before the World Cup (he has brought ten sponsors to the club attracted by him), his brilliance is much more brilliant, after he became the world champion. And the Qatari royal family wants to capitalize on that. They are not interested in the fact that Messi wants almost the same money as Mbappe, they are not interested that the club need to retain some other players (Serhio Ramos for example), they are not interested with UEFA Financial Fair Play, so Campos and Al-Kheliaifi are under pressure. PSG must restructure some contracts, sell some expensive players which are coming back from loans and buy new ones. Where is Messi’s place in all this chaos in Paris nobody knows….##NAJAVA_MECA_7118221##
