where does he go to play? – Corriere.it

If Cristiano Ronaldo doesn’t do well in Saudi Arabia, with the Al Nassr shirt, so much so that he asks Florentino Perez to return to Real Madrid (but what does he do? He offers him the role of ambassador and not of player), even Lionel Messi is not having a good time.

After the defeat on Sunday 30 April against Lorient (1-3), he went to Saudi Arabia without having the approval of PSG and skipping the punishing workout scheduled by coach Christophe Galtier. For his part, the French club suspended him for two weeks, complete with a salary cut for those days, effectively closing the Flea adventure in Paris.

In theory there would be an ooption for next season, with a salary of 30 million net, and the sheikh’s club unofficially hastened to let it be known that the disciplinary measure will not interfere with the negotiations for the extension of the contract. actually, the break is there, and how. And now there are many scenarios about Messi’s future. First of all, a romantic return home to Barcelona. From Catalonia they make no secret of the desire to deploy La Pulce in 2023-24, but one thing needs to be changed: the signing. It will have to be much, much lower, given the economic crisis of the Catalans.

And here then open it scenery in Saudi Arabia: a succulent salary from 400 million euros per season (many more than the archrival CR7 earns) to play in theAl Hilal
. But beware of the Premier League. Yes, that’s right. The ownership of Newcastle, the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia (Pif), would like him as a symbolic player for the team which, barring surprises, will play in the next Champions League. One or two seasons in the Premier League and then closure in the Arab league, where Cristiano Ronaldo is now the star.

Other options? A move to America where he would become the testimonial of the next World Cup, that of 2026 (United States-Mexico-Canada), playing in the Mls. Several options on the table for the Flea and now market rumors will begin. It must be said, as reported The teamthat Messi has already gone several times to Saudi Arabia, in which he acts as ambassador for tourism.

In May 2022, after the championship won in France, he went with Paredes, now at Juventus. And even then there was no lack of controversy, the Saudi kingdom being regularly criticized for its failure to respect human rights and seen by its tense relations with Qatar, the de facto owner of the PSG.