Will Neymar find himself in the Premier League this summer? According to a report in the French “Le Parisien”, the president of Paris Saint-Germain, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, met on Tuesday in Paris with the new owner of Chelsea, Todd Bolly, and the two discussed the terms of a possible transfer of the Brazilian in the summer. There are still no official contacts between the clubs, but the American owner of the Blues appreciates Neymar and would be happy to land him in London for next season. The Brazilian, who arrived in the City of Lights in 2017, has a contract until the summer of 2027. As you know, Chelsea is having a bad season in the Premier League, ranked only in tenth place, 10 points below the place that leads to the Champions League.
It was also reported in “Le Parisien” that after three consecutive losses in all competitions, the future of coach Christophe Galtier is in question. The owners blame him for the cup losses to Marseille and the champions last night (Tuesday) to Bayern Munich, and cast doubts about his tactics. If the disappointing performance and poor results continue in the next two games against Lille and Marseille, Galtier and professional manager Luis Campos could pay for it in their positions. In Paris they continue to want Zinedine Zidane for the position of coach of the team.
Meanwhile, question marks continue to hang over Lionel Messi’s future, and a few more may have been added following Paris Saint-Germain’s 1-0 home loss to Bayern Munich in the first leg of their Champions League round of 16 last night. According to “L’Equip”, the possibility that the flea will extend his contract seems less and less realistic. Today the team’s management met with Messi’s father, who in the meantime rejected the offer to sign a new contract. According to the same report, the leading candidate to be his new team, if he does leave at the end of his contract, is David Beckham’s Inter Miami of the MLS.
Today, the Argentinian website “TyC” also published details of the planned talks between the flea and the French club. In Messi’s homeland it was written that representatives on his behalf landed in France at the beginning of the week, but from the beginning the intention was to wait for the round of 16 of the champions to end, before the meetings were held with the management of Paris Saint-Germain. In the report, it was emphasized that as of now his current team is also the only one that Messi intends to talk to about next season, but it is possible that being kicked out of the top factory in Europe will significantly affect the chances that the 35-year-old phenomenon will sign a new contract in Paris.
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One of the reasons why Messi chose to come to the French capital was the high chances of fighting for winning the Champions League, which is also known to be the ultimate goal of the club, which has not been able to take control of the coveted trophy of all in the 12 years that have passed since it was purchased by the Qataris. Therefore, another failure in the Champions League, after last year the team crashed against Real Madrid in the round of 16 as well, may cause the captain of the Argentina national team to change direction.