Lionel Messi expected to arrive in Paris later on Monday to pen a two-year deal, with an option for a third, according to ESPN reports
Despite offering to cut his salary by half to seal a new five-year deal which a club carrying debts of $1.5 billion and player had agreed on, the agreement foundered on strict Spanish League salary restrictions.
This summer PSG have already added veteran Spanish defender Sergio Ramos from Real Madrid, where he won four Cha mpions League crowns, as Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.A move to the Parc des Princes would mean a reunion with his Argentina international colleague Angel di Maria. Jorge Sampaoli, the coach of PSG's bitter rivals Marseille, said the arrival of Messi can only be good news for French football."French football has won a lot and grown a lot in recent seasons.
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