The Parisian claims that the Argentine world champion and the leaders of PSG agreed during the World Cup on an extension of at least one year.
The newspaper The Parisian says it loud and clear: Lionel Messi will extend the contract which binds him to Paris Saint-Germain, and which ends at the end of the 2022-2023 financial year. The two parties would have agreed during the World Cup on a lease of at least one more season. An agreement in principle only, which must be ratified with a signature when the Argentinian world champion returns from vacation, still according to The Parisian.
If true, the news would put an end to rumors that send the sevenfold golden ball back to his former club, FC Barcelona, where head coach Xavi would not be against his return. Nor would he go to Miami, to David Beckham’s club. At 35, Messi would offer himself an extra year with a title contender in the Champions League, alongside Kylian Mbappé and Neymar. Enough to satisfy his unchanged ambitions when his lifelong rival, Cristiano Ronaldo, is insistently announced on the side of Al-Nassr, in Saudi Arabia, where a quieter end to his career awaits him.
Before being crowned in Qatar with his selection, Lionel Messi made a thunderous start to the season with PSG. 11 goals, 14 assists in all competitions, but above all renewed joy and energy after a mixed first season in France. The Parisian does not advance figures concerning the new contract which awaits Messi, but specifies that he currently receives a gross salary of around 41 million euros per year. Not the kind of amount that another European club could challenge.
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