JAKARTA - Ligue 1 giants, Paris Saint-Germain continue to monitor the situation around Lionel Messi. Especially after the Barcelona superstar admitted that he wanted to leave Camp Nou.
PSG have not made a bid yet, but they will immediately be active in hunting for this player as soon as the player has a free transfer status or has lowered his value by Barcelona.
PSG have already spent huge salaries for Neymar (32 million euros per year) and Kylian Mbappe (21 million euros per year) so they are likely to have difficulty meeting Messi's price ceiling which is even greater than the obligation to respect Financial Fair Play rules.
However, a number of sources have told ESPN that nothing is impossible for PSG.
Messi is good friends with two PSG players, namely Neymar who is his former Barcelona team-mate and Angel Di Maria who played with him in the Argentina national team.
Since their owners from Qatar acquired PSG in the summer of 2011, they have always dreamed of getting two of the greatest players in the world today: Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi.
PSG are more interested in Ronaldo but the Portuguese player has repeatedly rejected their proposals. However, PSG's management never gave up the dream of bringing in Messi.
When asked about Messi after PSG lost to Bayern Munich in the Champions League final, PSG coach Thomas Tuchel replied, "Which manager would say no to Messi?"
The problem is, if Messi really decides to leave Camp Nou, PSG will get stiff resistance from Manchester City, who also has Pep Guardiola (Messi's coach at Barca) as a weapon to anchor La Pulga at the Etihad.
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