Argentine international Lionel Messi will play his last game with Paris Saint-Germain this Saturday, coach Christophe Galtier announced Thursday, thus confirming the departure of the world champion soccer player.
Galtier confirmed this Thursday the scenario in the press conference prior to the last day of Ligue 1, in which the already champion PSG receives Clermont, in a match in which Messi, 35, will say goodbye 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 has a warm welcome, ”said the Parisians’ coach.
The future of the Argentine star, who was proclaimed 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, chosen on numerous occasions as the best player in the world, among distinctions from FIFA and France Football magazine, has not yet revealed what his future will be, but his father, and coach, denied at the beginning of May that there was an agreement closed. with the Saudis from Al-Hilal, as various media have advanced.
In France, the Argentine, a teammate of the Portuguese Nuno Mendes, Danilo Pereira, Vitinha and Renato Sánchez, was a two-time champion and won the Super Cup, but missed the Champions League, an achievement that the French club, which also has Neymar and Mbappé. , which he has pursued, unsuccessfully, for several years.
Messi, who has four Champions Leagues, three Club World Cups and three European Super Cups, built his glory especially at FC Barcelona, which he represented from the beginning and with more than 20 years at the club, almost always at the highest level . , until 2020/21.
Messi also had the consecration for the Argentine team, first with the conquest of the Copa América, in 2021, then with the intercontinental final, and, finally, with a world title, in December of last year.
Source: TSF
