The greatest player in the history of football does not want to leave Paris and will wear the colors of PSG during the 2023-2024 season!
This information from the Parisian will inevitably have the effect of a bomb just three days after the coronation of the Argentine number 10 in the final of the World Cup.
However, there is no direct link.
The exchanges were regular between the leaders of the PSG and Jorge Messi, the father and agent of the player.
For three months, the main lines of an extension have been drawn.
And at the beginning of December, in the heart of the World Cup, an agreement in principle was sealed to stay at least one more season.
Lionel Messi does not seem to have been difficult to convince.
Paris offers him two essential elements in his eyes: his family is happy and PSG allows him to stay at the top European level.
While Cristiano Ronaldo's career is nearing its twilight, Messi's has just reached its peak with the world title.
And the Argentinian is not satisfied.
PSG is the club that offers him the maximum guarantees to hope to lift the Champions League again.
Together with Mbappé and Neymar, Messi forms the most grandiose attack in the history of football.
He has fun, wins and is now the favorite for an eighth Ballon d'Or at the Parc des Princes.
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The 35-year-old's future has been the subject of much speculation in recent months.
After an unconvincing first season at PSG, marked by boos from supporters after the elimination in the Champions League, many saw him quickly change his tune.
It was announced in Miami, in the Beckham club, in this sunny city where the Messi family has an apartment and likes to relax.
Others, blinded by the sleight of hand of President Joan Laporta, imagined him returning to Catalonia.
But the Catalan club does not have the financial resources to repatriate the man with seven Ballon d'Ors.
And moreover, even if Barça remains the club of his life, Messi retains a deep resentment towards its leaders.
In fact, PSG have always stayed one step ahead of their few competitors.
The real question for Campos and Al-Khelaïfi was how Messi would have dealt with a World Cup failure and what direction he would have given his career.
The way he flew over the World Cup, of which he was named best player, quickly erased doubts.
The Pulga is still hungry and its genius is intact.
He will delight Parisian supporters for at least a year and a half.