Messi has already got on the plane and travels to Paris to sign his contract

Maria Laura Avignolo

Nahuel Lanzillotta

08/10/2021 9:12 AM

• Clarín.com

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Updated 08/10/2021 9:22 AM

Leo Messi left in a black combi, with dark glasses, to the Prats airport to go to the private terminal of Le Bourget in Paris.

A new stage in his life begins for the most famous player in the world.

It was 1:10 in the afternoon when the truck went through the door of his Catalan residence for the first stop in a new stage in his life: in hours, he will be a new Paris Saint Germain player.

His father Jorge Messi arrived at the airport a while before and was found by the Spanish journalist Maria Garrido, of the Spanish chain La Sexta. There he confirmed that there was an agreement with PSG. "Yes," he replied monosyllabic. When he asked him if Messi was sad about the game, he retorted:

"Haven't you seen it?"

And he sent with a "ask the club" to find out who was responsible for the departure of his son from the Barsa of his loves.

Although Neymar has already given him his shirt, everything indicates that Leo will not wear shirt number 10. In Paris they have already reserved shirts 30 and 19, numbers that Leo once used.

But that issue seems to be minor.

It seems that, after a hectic morning, the details of the contract were filed: Messi would sign for two years with an option for three.

Now, the race is against the clock and, if they manage to put the rubric today, it will be presented tomorrow.

With the Messi Pepe Costa travels to Paris.

He is one of the men of extreme confidence, from the hard core of Leo, to the point that he takes him with him to Paris to continue accompanying him as he did during all these years.

According to the Beteve chain, Barca had made a desperate attempt to retain Messi. The Club's general director, Ferran Reverter, had transmitted an informal offer to Messi last night.

He would have rejected her.

Messi's lawyers negotiated the contract in Paris for days, in constant consultation with the president of the Parisian club and the Messi clan.