Lionel Messi: Argentina forward to leave Paris St-Germain this summer

Lionel Messi helped Paris St-Germain triumph the Ligue 1 rubric past season

Lionel Messi volition permission Paris St-Germain this summertime astatine the extremity of his existent contract.

Messi is unconvinced the nine tin vie astatine the apical of the European game, owed to fiscal issues, portion the French champions privation to absorption connected processing young talent.

He signed a two-year woody successful Paris successful 2021 with an enactment to renew for different twelvemonth but that volition present not beryllium activated.

It is understood his begetter Jorge Messi informed Paris St-Germain's shot advisor Luis Campos a fewer weeks ago.

The subordinate believes PSG's fund could beryllium constricted adjacent play to comply with Financial Fair Play rules - putting the prime of their squad astatine risk.

His reluctance to perpetrate to a caller woody successful caller months has frustrated PSG's Qatari owners, who judge Messi's deficiency of effect was a wide connection helium didn't privation to enactment

The 35-year-old was suspended by PSG for 2 weeks connected Tuesday aft travelling to Saudi Arabia without the club's permission.

Barcelona and Messi would beryllium keen connected securing a imagination return for the guardant to the Nou Camp but, with the La Liga leaders facing terrible fiscal difficulties, a determination backmost 'home' looks progressively unlikely.

He besides has involvement from Inter Miami successful Major League Soccer and an eyewatering connection of astir 400m euros (£354m) to play successful Saudi Arabia for a year.

Messi though believes helium tin inactive vie astatine the apical of European shot for different play - eyeing the accidental to triumph a 5th Champions League trophy - but, with a determination to Barcelona looking impossible, his options are looking progressively limited.

Messi has scored 31 goals and contributed 34 assists successful 71 games successful each competitions for PSG, and won the Ligue 1 rubric past season.

He is acceptable to miss matches against Troyes and Ajaccio arsenic PSG, 5 points wide with 5 games to go, look to clinch a ninth league rubric successful 11 seasons.

Messi, Barcelona's all-time apical scorer with 672 goals successful 778 games, near the Nou Camp successful 2021 due to the fact that of fiscal issues astatine the club,.

He is favourite to triumph an eighth Ballon d'Or successful October, which is 3 much than immoderate different player, aft winning the World Cup with Argentina successful December.