Superstar soccer player Lionel Messi has ended his two-year stint with French club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and is set to join Saudi Arabia, where his long-time rival Cristiano Ronaldo plays, months after he won the FIFA World Cup under the leadership of Argentina. 2022 Cup, JEE News reported.
After the Qatar 2022 World Cup, Messi fans and admirers ended the debate with a major announcement that he is the greatest soccer player in history or the greatest player of all time (GOAT).
In contrast, Lionel Messi’s football career in Europe came to an abrupt end as he was suspended by PSG last week for an unauthorized trip to Saudi Arabia.
He scored 31 goals in 71 appearances for the French champions and hopes to secure a second consecutive Ligue 1 title later this month, however, he failed in his mission to lead PSG to their first Champions League win. are, which had to be faced. Defeated in the last 16.
Barcelona were keen to lure the 35-year-old back to the Camp Nou, where he won 10 La Liga titles and four Champions League titles before an emotional departure in 2021.
Although Saudi Arabia has been accused of using sports to divert attention from its human rights record, Riyadh can boast two of the best modern-day soccer players in its unorganized domestic league.
Ronaldo is playing for Al-Nasr, while a source close to the negotiations told JEE News that Messi’s move to Saudi Arabia was a “done deal”, declining to say which club the Argentine would join.
World Cup mission accomplished.
The absence of a World Cup winner’s medal has long been Exhibit A in the debate as to why Messi has been unable to surpass Pele and Diego Maradona in football.
But with Argentina’s victory over France in last year’s nail-biting World Cup in Doha, that matter certainly came to an end.
In his three-decade football career, Messi won 37 club trophies, seven Ballon d’Or awards, and six European Golden Boots.
There has been a Copa America title, an Olympic gold medal, and a list of scoring and statistical records that may never be beaten.
In the Argentina forward’s World Cup appearance, he scored twice as Argentina took the lead on penalties before drawing 3–3 in extra time.
Not even French forward Kylian Mbappe’s hat-trick could upset Messi’s fate on a night that seemed preordained.
Is Messi really “the greatest of all time” is a question that, of course, is as futile as the answer is subjective.
