Messi’s father holds contract talk over Messi’s proposed contract
Messi’s father, Jorge Messi has held face-to-face talks with Paris Saint-Germain for the first time over the Messi’s proposed new contract.
He sat with the sporting director, Luis Campos in Paris two days ago to discuss the Argentina’s Star new contract in a bid to secure Messi for another year.
At such, further negotiations are expected in the coming weeks concerning Messi to stay in elite European football till at least summer 2024.
Currently, Messi is free to speak to any club outside of France, but with his current deal which will expire in June this year, PSG are the only club to have offered Messi tangible offer so far.
Messi joined PSG on a two-year contract, on a free transfer in August 2021, having been told by Barcelona they could not afford to keep him.
Furthermore, Messi’s current deal at PSG was for two years with the option of a third, but the final 12 months had to be triggered by both parties.
In addition, discussions are now targeted on a fresh contract and there has yet to be consensus over the length or cost of it – in terms of both wages and bonuses.
Having received a £57m fine by UEFA of which £8.7m had to be paid in full, PSG need to be mindful of Financial Fair Play although they have not had issues manoeuvring around it in the past
PSG are currently five points clear at the top of Ligue 1 but lost the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie with Bayern Munich 1-0 on Tuesday.
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