Jorge Messi, Lionel Messi's father and agent, denied reports his son has agreed to sign a deal to play in Saudi Arabia next season on Tuesday.
that Messi was headed to Saudi Arabia, where he already works as a tourism ambassador, with one source describing the situation as a"done deal." The report didn't state which team Messi would play for, but the Saudi Pro League's most successful team Al-Hilal has been widely rumored as a landing spot.
, with Al-Hilal itself not involved in the negotiations. Any such deal would reunite Messi with his old rival Cristiano Ronaldo, who currently stars for Al-Nassr on a record contract, in a new league.As things currently stand, Messi appears to have three potential destinations for next season. PSG is not one of them,First and foremost is, obviously Saudi Arabia.
Messi has spent the last two years playing for another club backed by oil money, as PSG is owned by the Qatar sovereign wealth fund. Another contender could be the United States' MLS, which has precedent landing an internationally renowned soccer star with David Beckham. In that case, the league went all-out with a deal that gave Beckham his own team, Inter Miami.
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