“There is absolutely nothing with any club for next year. The decision will not be made until Lionel has finished the competition with PSG.” This is how the father and manager of the Argentine player reacted to the news from France Press about the “verbal” agreement of the world champion by Argentina with a Saudi club.
PSG simply reminded that Messi has a contract until June 30. But according to Jorge Messi, it will only be “at the end of the season to analyze proposals” and then make a decision: “There are always rumors and many use Lionel’s name to gain fame, but there is only one truth. and we can assure you there is nothing. Not oral, not agreed, not signed. And that won’t happen until the season is over.”
“There is a deal, he will play in Saudi Arabia. The contract is exceptional. It is huge,” France Press wrote, citing a Saudi source, without disclosing the name of the club that has already bought the number 10. has secured. shirts. According to some international press, the Al Hilal club, coached by Argentine Ramón Díaz, currently ranks fourth in the Saudi league. And the value of the contract is about 363 million euros/year.
For Messi’s agent father, “it is disrespectful” to see how some media “knowingly and deliberately mislead” and “turn every malicious rumor into news” and without doing the right thing “not to ruin the news”.
The fact that the player went to Saudi Arabia, in a commitment made in 2022, despite PSG’s absence (after being penalized for it), to publicize tourism in the gulf country fueled rumors of a trip to Riyadh, where he would return again. edit the duels with Cristiano Ronaldo, who joined Al Nassr in January.
Source: DN
