The 34-year-old Lionel Messi is expected to arrive in Paris on Monday after reportedly reaching an agreement over a two-year deal with Paris Saint-Germain. Lionel Messi is considered as one of the greatest players in the history of football will be joining PSG as a free agent after 21 years of spell in Spain.
Lionel Messi’s spell at Barcelona is one that cannot possibly be emulated since joining the club at the age of 13 years has won 35 trophies including four Champions Leagues and 10 La Liga titles record of 672 goals and 305 assists in 778 appearances.
The news of Messi leaving the Catalan club as a free agent came as nothing short of a shock to the world of football, which felt like the end of an era. Messi bid a tearful goodbye to Barcelona in a press conference that was nothing short of an emotional wreck on Sunday.
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“I gave everything for Barcelona from the first day that I arrived right to the last. I never imagined having to say goodbye,” Messi told the news conference.
“I have still not come to terms with the reality of leaving this club now – I love this club.” Messi did concede that joining PSG was a “possibility” at the conference.
Lionel Messi who is seen by the Qatari owners as the vital missing key to their long awaited Champions League trophy, has already signed Sergio Ramos, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Georginio Wijnaldum and Achraf Hakimi.
Lionel Messi set to reunite with his formal Barcelona teammate Neymar and his Argentine mate Angel Di Maria and Kylian Mbappe in PSG’s attack now becoming arguably the most formidable and dangerous unit in the world.
Lionel Messi’s era at Barcelona has now come to an end with the Blaugrana now set to begin a new era without their Argentine talisman. Can Messi who is seen by the French giant to be a key to their Champions League trophy lead the club to win trophies as he did at Camp Nou?
