Mercato PSG: the incredible offer of Saudi Arabia for Messi becomes clear
While Barca offers him €13 million net per year to return to his beloved club, Leo Messi has in his hands a much higher proposal from Saudi Arabia according to several sources.
Where will Leo Messi play next season? We still do not know, but we can already act the fact that it will not be at PSG. The Parisian club does not want to extend the Argentine after his unauthorized trip to Saudi Arabia. This is, in any case, the version that the club is leaking to the French press, when the Messi clan is spreading the word that he had refused the offer of extension of PSG a month ago, not being convinced by the sports project of the club.
And now? Three options are available to the Argentine world champion, courted by David Beckham's Inter Miami, Al Hilal and finally Barcelona, his club of heart. According to the Catalan press, Barça is offering Messi €13 million net per year and a one-year contract, with a second year as an option. Figures confirmed in recent hours by Argentine journalists close to the Messi clan.
La oferta de FCBarcelona a Messi . Lo dicho el último sábado el jugador ya conocía las condiciones: contrato 1 1, salario de unos 13 millones de euros netos (25 brutos).
— Veronica Brunati (@verobrunati) May 3, 2023
If this salary is close to that of Robert Lewandowski, it is far from what the Saudi club Al Hilal is ready to offer Messi, with the support of the Saudi government. Last month, Fabrizio Romano revealed that Al Hilal was offering more than 400 million euros per year to La Pulga. A record offer. The Daily Telegraph talks about $400 million per year, which is €362 million at today's exchange rate.
600 million dollars a year for Messi?
For his part, Gianluca Di Marzio speaks of a salary of 400 million net per year, as well as 100 to 200 million additional in the form of sponsorship. On the air of Radio Marca, the FIFA agent Marco Kirdemir said last night that Messi had received an offer of 600 million dollars from Al Hilal. According to him, "Messi will not return to Barcelona" this summer and will go to Saudi Arabia if his family gives the green light.
A point of view that is not shared by the Catalan press, convinced that Messi wants to return to Barcelona and will return if Joan Laporta succeeds in convincing La Liga that his financing plan is viable. To do this, Barca will have to sell several players and reduce its wage bill considerably. " Messi is getting closer to Barça", was the headline in the daily Sport on Thursday.
What seems to be a given at first glance is that the Inter Miami option does not hold the string for this summer and that the PSG option is definitely to forget.