Messi did not show up to train with PSG, who have not yet formalized the Argentine sanction

Lionel Messi He will receive a two-week suspension with a ban on training and without receiving salary for the duration of the sanction, as a result of having traveled to Saudi Arabia between Sunday and Monday without authorisation, and will not continue in paris saint germain (psg) until 30 June, when his contract with the club will expire. These are the information leaked by the main French media on Tuesday 2, amid a remarkable silence from the Parisian club.

This Wednesday, Messi did not appear at Camp des Loges, PSG’s training ground, he is believed to “obey” the alleged fine which has not yet been disclosed. There were Kylian Mbappé, leader of a team affected by what has been a disappointing season in terms of sporting results, and Neymar Jr., operated on at the end of February and recovering with the aim of returning to the field after June.

Messi spent two days with his family Saudi Arabia, a country that last year appointed him ambassador of tourism. It was his second trip to the land, a visit which had been postponed a couple of times due to PSG’s irregular sporting presence, but which could not be postponed due to the imminent arrival of high temperatures in the Middle East.

This information was released, without official confirmation by PSG, was the main French sports outlet and one of the most prestigious in the world such as L’Equipe, the same which first awarded him his seventh Ballon d’Or and subsequently he qualified with a “3” every time his team lost.

This sanction is then the straw that overflowed the glass of contention that has been filled with different topics since Messi arrived at PSG in 2021 in “pomp” and now would end up going “through the back door”.

The patron of PSG, the Sheikh of Qatar Al Khelaifi, would decide not to renew his contract because to this suspension are added his high salary, the premature elimination of the club’s highest objective, the Champions League, the weak performances of a stellar team which despite and it is precisely for this reason that it has more than enough to be a comfortable leader in Ligue 1, and the discontent of the fans towards him and his Brazilian friend, the now injured Neymar, which contrasts with the adoration trying out for Kylian Mbappé.

“It was already a big trend, but now it’s confirmed: Lionel Messi, who was disqualified this Tuesday after his trip to Saudi Arabia, will not be at Paris Saint Germain next season,” said L’Equipe, who put this news on its cover , noting his removal from the club above the penalty which in principle he should start respecting from tomorrow.

This step was taken by PSG after Sunday’s 3-1 defeat at Lorient which blew up fans and officials, meaning that the two days off coach Christophe Galtier (Monday and Tuesday) was allegedly given to squad were reduced to one, given that everyone had to go back to training this Monday.

In this context, Messi would have taken the opportunity to settle in Riyadh, 6,000 kilometers from Paris, a commercial commitment pending since the end of the World Cup in Qatar, as ambassador of the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Tourism.

Messi and his family would have taken advantage of the two free days that “Lío” had to make that trip, but when it was reduced to 24 hours, the times did not give it to him, so he did not receive authorization for that request he made present to the authorities of the Parisian institution and to Galtier himself that he is absent from the country, L’Equipe specified.

However, Messi took the same road, enjoyed his stay in the Arab capital, also visiting a zoo with his children and his wife, Antonela Rocuzzo, fulfilled his work commitment and returned to Paris, a dream city that is now it’s turning into a nightmare.

That’s why his desire to return to Barcelona grows day by day, but at the same time as this possibility remains increasingly distant.

Is that the club chaired by Joan Laporta is going through serious economic difficulties to be able to fatten its salary bill and comply with the financial “fair play” required by the Spanish League, in addition to the so-called “Negreira case” which has not yet been resolved, which is neither more or less than an apparent favoritism that the former vice president of the Spanish Technical Arbitration Committee (CTA) allegedly had with Barcelona in some matches. If this is verified, he could face harsh penalties.

That’s why today his future in club football is more uncertain than ever, given that he wants to continue playing in Europe for a while longer and for the moment the only concrete offer is in the American Major Soccer League, from where the patron of the Famous former England footballer David Beckham traveled to Paris last week to say goodbye to ‘Lío’ and tell the media that his franchise is ‘working hard’ to enlist his services.

For this reason, even if nobody says it, the other chance for Messi on European soil, where he would certainly be welcomed more favorably, would be the Manchester City of his footballer father, Josep Guardiola, and one of his teammates in the World Cup in Qatar. Cup, Julian Álvarez.

The City Group, owner of the “Citizens”, is precisely owned by the capital of Saudi Arabia, where Messi was this long weekend. For now, if in fact the sanction applied by PSG that L’Equipe has advanced is ratified, starting tomorrow “Lío” will have 15 days ahead to calmly analyze what his future will be, even if he will have to do so away from one of his closest loved ones. big: the ball.