Messi receives millionaire proposal from Al-Hilal, rejects PSG offer and wants to stay in Europe

Messi receives millionaire proposal from Al-Hilal

After Al-Nassr signed Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, Al-Hilal decided not to stay behind its main rival and is looking for a strong signing to reinforce its squad. Despite the high bid, world champion Lionel Messi prioritizes staying in Europe.

Understand Al Hilal sent an official bid to Leo Messi: salary worth more than €400m/year.

Leo’s absolute priority: continue in Europe.

Barcelona, ​​waiting on FFP to send bid and open talks.

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PSG bid, not accepted at this stage as Messi wanted sporting guarantees. pic.twitter.com/FVTDGs4eQV

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) April 4, 2023

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Barcelona’s sporting vice-president, Rafael Yuste, revealed last Friday (31/03) that the Catalan club interested in Messi’s return and already contacted the player.

“We are in contact with Messi and we would love for him to come back. Leo and his family know the affection we have. Of course I would like him to come back, and certainly many fans share my words. I think that stories in life should end well, and that’s why we have contacts with Messi.” – commented Yuste.

Messi has a contract with PSG until the end of the season, in June, but he can already negotiate and close a pre-contract with another club. If Argentine player and the French club agreethere is an automatic renewal clause for another year in the athlete’s contract.

_{Messi playing for Paris Saint-Germain (Photo: Reproduction/Sebastian Frej)}

Still according to information from Fabrizio Romano, Messi rejected PSG’s first offer to renew his bond with the team because he wanted to have “sports guarantees”. On the other hand, the French newspaper “L’Équipe” recently reported that Paris Saint-Germain would no longer be so interested in renewing the athlete’s contract. One of the reasons for this is the bad relationship that Lionel Messi has with the fans of French clubs, who have already booed him on a few occasions. The last time this happened was on Sunday (02/04) after PSG lost 1-0 to Lyon at home.

Featured Photo: Messi during PSG training (Reproduction/Paris Saint-Germain)