Argentina international Lionel Messi will play the last game for Paris Saint-Germain on Saturday, coach Christophe Galtier confirmed the departure of the world champion footballer on Thursday.
Galtier confirmed the scenario this Thursday at the preview press conference for the final round of ‘Ligue 1’, which already hosts champions PSG Clermont, in a game where 35-year-old Messi will retire after two seasons in Paris.
“I had the privilege of coaching the best player in the world in the history of football. This will be his last game at the Parc des Princes, I hope he receives a warm welcome,” underlined the coach of the Parisians.
The future of the Argentinian ‘star’, who became world champion in December, remains unknown, with the press speculating for some time with various hypotheses, from his return to Barcelona to a trip to Saudi Arabia.
The striker, voted the best player in the world several times, under awards from FIFA and France Football magazine, has not yet revealed what his future will be, but his father and manager denied at the beginning of May that there was an agreement. with the Saudis of Al-Hilal, as various media have announced.
In France, the Argentinian, teammate of the Portuguese Nuno Mendes, Danilo Pereira, Vitinha and Renato Sánchez, became champion twice and won the Supercup, but missed the Champions League, a feat that the French club, which also counts with Neymar and Mbpapé , has he pursued for years in vain.
Messi, who has four Champions Leagues, three Club World Cups and three European Super Cups, built his fame mainly at FC Barcelona, which he represented from the start and with more than 20 years at the club, almost always on the top level, until 2020/21.
Messi also had the commitment to the Argentina national team, first with the Copa America conquest in 2021, then with the intercontinental final, and finally with a world title, in December of last year.
Source: DN
