Lionel Messi agrees Paris St-Germain deal after Barcelona exit
Lionel Messi has agreed a deal with French club Paris St-Germain following his shock exit from Barcelona, according to BBC Sport columnist Guillem Balague.
The deal is subject to a medical.
Messi left Barcelona – the only club he has ever played for – because the club could not afford a new deal under La Liga’s financial fair play rules.
Mauricio Pochettino’s PSG finished second to Lille in Ligue 1 last season.
“It’s all been confirmed. Lionel Messi is going to be a PSG player,” Balague said on BBC Radio 5 Live. “That’s it, it’s done. It’s happened in the last few minutes.
“At the moment there are as much police as there are fans [at the stadium]. That’s going to change soon. There’s eight cameras here, again that’s going to change. It seems like it is a two-year deal, plus one.
“His idea was to do it at Barcelona but it’s going to be PSG. Then if he feels OK he will stay one more year maybe. But in any case his aim is to be at PSG and then to do well in the Qatar World Cup.”
Messi is widely considered one of the greatest players of all time.
If the deal goes through quickly, he could make his PSG debut at home to Strasbourg on Saturday.
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