Football news - Lionel Messi's Paris Saint-Germain deal agreed, medical and contract imminent - report
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Updated 08/08/2021 at 13:50 GMT
Lionel Messi confirmed on Sunday that he would be leaving Barcelona, his only professional club. However he would not clarify if he had already agreed a deal to play elsewhere, a claim that was shortly contradicted by a report that he had an accord with Paris Saint-Germain for an imminent switch to the French league.
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Lionel Messi’s transfer to Paris Saint-Germain is already agreed, according to reports.
The 34-year-old confirmed in a press conference on Sunday morning that he would not be renewing his contract at the Nou Camp, but refused to clarify whether he had finalised a deal with any other club.
He admitted that PSG were an option, but also said that more than one club had expressed an interest in signing him.
However, French journalist Julien Laurens reported that a deal for Messi to move to the French capital was already done.
He also stated that a medical would be done either on Sunday night or Monday morning ahead of the player signing what is believed to be a two-year contract.
French sport newspaper L'Equipe also made a similar claim.
With relations cool between PSG and Barcelona ever since the switch of Neymar to PSG, it appears that the Ligue 1 runners-up may have been attempting to crash Messi’s announcement conducted by Barcelona.
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