According to the French media, the Argentine will not continue in Paris unless he accepts a salary reduction
Messi ends his contract in June and the club would offer him a downward renewal with a quarter of his salary
News about the future of Leo Messi. As L’Equipe advances, the Argentinian star will not continue at PSG unless he accepts a salary cut. It is the condition that the Parisian team demands from the footballer, who ends his contract next summer. Sources close to the club assure that the club asks him for a discount amounting to a quarter of his current salary.
Messi waits guarantees in the club’s next sports project, which with Galtier at the controls is not at its best. The last defeat against Lyon unleashed a wave of criticism about the team’s players and the stars of the dressing room.
Jorge Messi spoke with To the-Khelaïfi
In the middle of the World Cup in Qatar, Al-Khelaïfi and Jorge Messi agreed that the ex-azulgrana would continue in Paris for at least one more season. According to this information, they did not mention the issue of salary or the duration of the contract. Five months later, the situation has changed and PSG and Leo seem about to sign the end of their adventure.
Messi approaches the Barça
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Internal PSG sources assure l’Équipe that they need to find ‘ways to reduce the general wage bill’ for two reasons: fair play (financial) but also to have more freedom in the transfer market’. There are fewer and fewer possibilities of reaching an agreement and the positions are moving away while the shadow of FC Barcelona approaches the Parc des Princes.
His salary is a problem for PSG
Leo Messi is one of the highest paid footballers of PSG and Ligue 1. However, he is behind Kylian Mbappé. Even so, in the club’s offices they only think about a reduction of your salary up to a quarter of the current one.
“We need to find ways to reduce overall payroll for two reasons,” says an inside source. “First, with a view to fair play, but also to have more freedom in the transfer market. We are not going to lie to ourselves, Messi brings money to the club, but it is the salary mass that must be lowered.” The negotiations are at a complicated point.