Paris Saint-Germain: Lionel Messi not willing to take a pay cut

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During the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, PSG President Nasser Al-Khelaifi and Jorge Messi, father of Argentinian world champion Lionel Messi, are said to have verbally agreed on a contract extension for the 35-year-old world star, but without specifying the exact conditions such as term and salary at the time to be defined. Around five months later, any agreements in this direction seem to have lost their validity. A report in the French newspaper “L’EquipeAccording to him, Messi and Paris are likely to part ways again after two years – because the professional is not willing to accept a loss in salary.

However, the club from the Seine demands this from its superstar in the course of an extension of the contract that expires in the summer. The newspaper cites an unnamed source from the club, who is quoted as follows: “PSG must find ways to reduce salary costs, for two reasons: because of financial fair play, but also to have more freedom available on the transfer market. We won’t lie to each other, Messi brings money to the club, but it’s the salary costs that need to be reduced.” accept. Messi’s gross annual salary is said to be 40.5 million euros, the newspaper recently made public. The left foot should therefore do without at least a quarter of them in the future.

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Messi has already lost credit with the fans of the recently troubled Ligue 1 club, which is still the undisputed leader of the table, but said goodbye to the Champions League and conceded the second defeat in a row with the bankruptcy against Lyon. In the Parc des Princes, whistles against the offensive power could not be ignored on Monday evening. PSG coach Christophe Galtier, who, according to reports from France, has to worry about his job himselfthen described it as “very hard” and defended his player.

The fact that the chance of a future together for Messi and PSG has not yet been completely squandered seems to be primarily due to the fact that the Argentine has no similarly attractive offer that reconciles sporting and financial aspects. According to reports, Messi also wants to play in the Champions League next season, which is why a transfer to Major League Soccer to interested Inter Miami or even to Saudi Arabia is out of the question.

It is therefore most likely that the 35-year-old will return to his heart club FC Barcelona, ​​who had to let the record world footballer go in Spain in 2021 because of the upper limit on salary expenditure. Over the past few months, representatives of the Catalans have repeatedly let it shine through that they want to bring Messi back as soon as there is a possibility – but how the financially troubled club can afford the player is still an open question.

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