Messi was extremely happy and relaxed with his wife and children in Saudi Arabia, but the trip ended up causing a “storm” that completely shattered his relationship with PSG and could not be salvaged. According to Catalunya radio, Messi’s children, Thiago, Mateo, and Ciro, have been registered to return to their old school in Barcelona. It is unknown whether Messi will be able to return to Nou Camp as many hope, but he has decided to leave PSG.
Messi and his wife traveled to Saudi Arabia to promote tourism for the country, just hours after PSG shockingly lost to Lorient. The trip was the perfect excuse for PSG to end their relationship with the Argentine striker.
The French media previously reported that PSG wanted to reduce their wage bill and not renew Messi, which was the simplest way they could do it. PSG reportedly offered Messi a contract extension, but with a wage reduction, and for someone who has taken the Argentine national team to the top of the world after years of waiting, there is no reason for him to accept it.
Jorge Messi reportedly told PSG that his son would not sign a new contract and would leave Paris at the end of the season. The French media’s “all-out” attack on Messi suggests that PSG was behind the decision for the Argentine captain to leave as if it were his fault.
Messi was reportedly paid around $25 million for his role as a tourism ambassador for Saudi Arabia. Therefore, the happy and relaxed images of Messi with his wife and children in Saudi Arabia have the opposite meaning – a trip that caused a “storm” and completely shattered his relationship with PSG, and there was no way to salvage it.
It is reported that Messi promised Al Hilal that if he did not receive a suitable offer from Europe after one month, he would join Al Hilal.
