Reactions continued to the deal to transfer the Argentine legend Messi to the Saudi League, especially the Al-Hilal team, as this week may be decisive in choosing the next destination for the Argentine star, who still has not announced his next destination, between returning to the former club Barcelona or moving to the Saudi League to face arch rival Ronaldo.
Over the past two days, as soon as Paris Saint-Germain announced that Messi had officially left the club, the official Arabic-speaking Barcelona account began to publish suggestions referring to Messi, by publishing the number 10 in a tweet, or publishing a video of one of the player’s goals previously with Barcelona, and he understood more. form of the audience.
On the other hand, press reports stated that the Saudi club Al-Hilal sent a high-level delegation to Paris to complete the contract with Argentine world champion Lionel Messi, according to two sources in Riyadh, “Agence France Presse” on Sunday.
The reports indicated that the Saudi delegation is scheduled to meet with Messi’s father and his agent, Jorge Messi, with the aim of completing the deal as soon as possible, according to the two sources.
The source, whose name was not mentioned in the circulating news and was reported by Saudi and Arab websites, said: “There is a Saudi delegation in Paris with one goal, which is to return with Messi’s official approval of the Saudi offer. We are in the final stage of the deal.”
He added, “If all goes well, Messi will sign his new contract and Al Hilal will announce the deal before the end of the week.”
And if Messi is in the Saudi league, he will join his historical rival, Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, who joined the Saudi victory in a deal estimated at more than 440 million euros for two and a half years last January.
The final match of Messi witnessed an inappropriate farewell to the Argentine with boos and a loss to Clermont 2-3 in the last thirty-eighth stage of the league competitions.
Messi, 35, joined the French club from Barcelona in August 2021 hoping to help him win the Champions League, but he was twice eliminated in the round of 16.
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