Lionel Messi is increasingly likely to leave Paris Saint-Germain this summer
World champion Lionel Messi’s contract with PSG expires this summer; a departure would suit all parties as the Ligue 1 club want to focus on young French players rather than superstar signings; Messi is likely to stay in Europe; Neymar’s contract expires in 2025
Lionel Messi is increasingly likely to leave Paris Saint-Germain when his contract expires this summer.
Messi’s representatives were in talks over a contract extension with PSG and everything looked positive at the World Cup in Qatar.
Still, the dynamic has changed and his departure from Paris this summer would suit all parties.
PSG view the decision to sign Messi as a free agent in the summer of 2021 a success on and off the pitch, but sections of the club’s supporters have turned against the player since he was dropped from the squad. the Champions League by Bayern Munich last month. .
Messi and the squad haven’t fared as well as expected since the World Cup – he lost seven games in all competitions in 2023 – and his summer departure would fit in with the club’s new strategy of focusing on young players French rather than recruiting superstar talent. Messi has scored six goals in 13 games in all competitions by 2023.
This summer would be an opportune time for PSG and Messi to part ways, although no decision has yet been made about his future.
Messi still believes he can play at the top level in Europe and Barcelona have made no secret of wanting to re-sign him this summer.
Whether they can afford to offer him a new contract remains to be seen, but the chances of him staying in Europe are much higher than going to Inter Miami – or any other MLS club at this stage of his career – if Saudi Arabia will move .
With PSG’s move to home-grown talent, players like Neymar could also step away from the Ligue 1 club. Neymar will lose his contract in the summer of 2025.
In February, Sky Sports News reported that Messi’s father Jorge spoke to PSG sporting director Luis Campos in Paris to discuss a new deal with the Argentina captain.