Messi can stay at PSG until 2025
According to Sports Mail, Messi will sign another year with PSG, until June 2024. And this new contract has the option to extend until June 2025.
"Messi is pleased with everything and when he comes back from a break, negotiations will accelerate. His life in Paris is balanced, happy, and Messi really has the potential to win more Champions League. It will help. he has another chance to compete for the Ballon d'Or again," journalist Guillem Balague shared on BBC Sport on December 24.
Messi's current contract is valid until June 2023. According to initial information, Messi can return to his old club Barca on a free transfer. However, this possibility is becoming remote.
According to Balague, Barca has not yet sent an offer to Messi. In August 2021, Barca President Joan Laporta refused to renew Messi's contract, the turning point that led to the move to PSG. After that, the two sides had some disagreements in the media.
On Barca TV channel on December 23, Laporta also admitted that he would not bring Messi back: "We cannot create expectations about something extremely difficult. Messi has a contract with PSG."
Messi is currently in Argentina celebrating the World Cup and welcoming the new year. He will return to PSG in early January 2023. On December 18, Messi and Argentina beat France 4-2 in a penalty shootout, after drawing 3-3 in 120 minutes in the final.
Messi won the majority of major titles with Barca, including 10 La Liga and four Champions Leagues. He has one more Ligue 1 with PSG, a World Cup, a Copa America, an Intercontinental Super Cup, an Olympic gold medal and a U20 World Cup with Argentina.
"Messi won the World Cup and the Barca fans. are very happy for that. For us, he is the best player of all time. We have had him here, and I believe in our hearts. him, he is a cule and will always be associated with Barca," added Laporta.
In the first 19 matches of the 2022-2023 season, Messi contributed 12 goals and 14 passes for PSG. The Parc des Princes home team currently leads Ligue 1 with 13 wins and two draws, and has a chance in the National Cup and is about to play in the 1/8 round of the Champions League with Bayern.
Meanwhile, Barca is leading La Liga, but must leave the Champions League right from the group stage. In the two seasons after Messi left, Barca did not win tickets to the 1/8 round.
