Argentine football star Lionel Messi will play next season at Al Hilal in an “exceptional” deal, a source familiar with the talks told AFP on Tuesday. “Messi’s deal is complete. He will play in Saudi Arabia next season. He continued, “The contract is exceptional. It’s huge. We are in the process of finalizing some small details.”
For its part, his French club Paris Saint-Germain separately told Agence France-Presse that the contract of the 35-year-old world champion is valid until June 30. A second source at the French club told AFP: “If the club had wanted to renew his contract, they would have done so early.”
And French club Paris Saint-Germain recently suspended their star, who won the World Cup last December in Qatar, because he traveled to Saudi Arabia without the club’s permission.
Messi worked as a Saudi Tourism Ambassador last year and visited Jeddah in May 2022 before returning in January to play a friendly with Paris Saint-Germain against Al-Nasr and Al-Hilal and face Cristiano Ronaldo, according to Reuters. .
