Paris SG, Manchester City ... or Barça: what destination for Messi?

It was the earthquake that hit the football world last night, Leo Messi will not return to FC Barcelona.

Due to the restrictions imposed by the salary cap of Javier Tebas, Barça could not find a suitable agreement with his star.

Pressure or not from Barça, the Argentinian number 10 is free to sign where he wants and we are already rumors sending him everywhere.

Overview of the possible destinations for the sixfold golden ball.

PSG: 35%

According to various sources, PSG would be the club best placed to welcome the Argentine genius.

First of all because Messi is free and that PSG will not have to pay compensation if it is not a contract and a signing bonus that we imagine XXL.

However, it should not be imagined that the Argentine already has a foot in the capital.

PSG have limited room for maneuver and already had to downsize to strengthen in other positions.

In addition, the Parisian club presented the DNCG with a forecast deficit of between 200 and 300 million euros for the coming season.

PSG will therefore have to be ingenious to succeed in signing Leo Messi.

As for convincing the Argentine star, the presence of Neymar could also play since Messi would have always been keen to replay with his former teammate.

Manchester City: 25%

At one time, the Skyblues would have been Messi's number one destination for English bookmakers, however that has changed.

At the same time as Barça announced the non-renewal of Messi, Manchester City formalized the signing of Jack Grealish for 117 million euros, becoming the most expensive transfer in Premier League history.

Will this Barça announcement push the Skyblues to review their strategy on the transfer window?

They who planned to push for Harry Kane, party to the showdown with Tottenham, will they change their minds and bet everything to attract La Pulga and recreate his association with Guardiola.

First of all it will also be necessary to degrease since the operation leading to Harry Kane already seemed complicated to materialize from a financial point of view.

FC Barcelona: 25%

Since last night, the whole football world has been deeply marked by the FC Barcelona press release announcing the departure of Leo Messi.

However, it is still difficult to imagine Messi's number 10 printed on any other shirt than the Blaugrana's.

Especially since it cannot be ruled out that this announcement is a maneuver by Laporta to put pressure on Tebas and the salary cap established by the latter.

Especially since in its press release, Barça specifies that the club and Leo Messi would still have reached an agreement before the negotiations came to an abrupt end.

A renewal of Messi therefore remains a more than likely outcome.

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MLS: 10%

"

I always had the dream of being able to live and appreciate the United States, and to experience what their League is

", these are the words of Messi in December of 2020 for La Sexta. What if the time had come for the Argentine star to fly to the United States and truly begin his end of career there. It is an idea which must make dream of many clubs of MLS which have the possibility of signing 3 players except salary-cap in their workforce. At the top of the list of American clubs that can accommodate the Argentine star, there is of course the Inter Miami of David Beckham. According to the

Miami Herald

, last January, the Florida club would even have entered into discussions with Messi in order to sign him in 2023 after the end of his ex-new contract with Barça.

A signature finally advanced by two years?

Newell's Old Boy: 5%

If this option seems unlikely, it would put romanticism back at the center of football, he who took a hit after the announcement of Messi's departure. In 2018, the Argentine genius even declared, “

I always said that I wanted to play in the Argentinian league one day. I don't know if this will happen, but I have it in my head. In Argentina, I would only play for the Newells, even if it is only for six months

”. However, this return to his training club is difficult to envisage for economic reasons but also because his family would be reluctant to return to Argentina. He himself confided in the same interview, “

I always dreamed of playing with Newell's from a young age, but I don't know if that will ever happen. I have a family and it is stronger than my desire

”.