Between an apology and an offer hard to refuse

Lionel Messi yesterday apologized to Paris Saint Germain and his teammates in a video that he uploaded to his social networks, after the two-week suspension without pay and sports competition for having gone on a trip to Saudi Arabia without authorization from the board of directors. club and coach Christopher Galtier.

“I wanted to make this video after everything that is going on. First of all, I want to apologize to my teammates and the club, ”Messi began in a short video uploaded to his Instagram stories.

“Honestly I thought that we have free time after the game as it happened in the previous weeks and I already had this trip to Arabia scheduled, which I had already canceled before. I apologize again for what I did and I am waiting for what the club decided, ”he continued.

Messi got on a plane last Monday with his family and traveled to the Asian country to spend a few hours in the Middle East. All this occurred in a context of the possible departure of the Rosario to Barcelona in Spain.

“I am pleased to welcome Saudi Arabian Tourism Ambassador Lionel Messi and his family on their second vacation here. We are happy to share our authentic Saudi welcome with all of you,” said Ahmed Al Khateeb, Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Tourism, leaving the fact on display.

Subsequently, Messi published on his networks three images of the stay with his wife, Antonela Roccuzzo, and their children Mateo and Ciro. In the photos, the presence of the eldest, Thiago, could not be seen.

The Argentine striker fabricated a contract with Saudi Arabia to promote tourism in the Arab kingdom. In the first quarter of last year he traveled for the first time and there the Saudis appeared him as their tourist ambassador during a trip to a tourist city along the Red Sea.

Paris was a hostile city with Messi from the first year, in which they criticized him for his level, and now they continue pointing to him as the main cause of the team’s failure in the Champions League, despite the fact that he is the second goalscorer and the main assistant it’s from the season.

At present, the club is experiencing a complicated situation because the fans demonstrated against the managers and the footballers, in which they asked to return “to the bases”.

Irresistible offer. Lionel Messi was tempted by Saudi Arabia’s Al-Hilal with 400 million euros with a one-year contract, with the intention of playing the classic against Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr, as announced yesterday by the European press .

In this context, both Messi and Paris Saint Germain agree, without making it official, that the union between both parties will end on June 30 and the future of Rosario is a mystery despite the fact that many consider his return to Barcelona almost done.

The explanation for this mega-offer is that Al-Hilal wants to incorporate Messi into its ranks to strengthen its team against Cristiano Ronaldo’s, increasing the rivalry with the club that has contracted the Portuguese and giving rise to matches that revive the duel they faced both in Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​​​corresponding to Mundo Deportivo.

In Al-Hilal’s offer to Messi, it is not contemplated that he will act as ambassador of the Saudi candidacy for the 2030 World Cup, to which Arabia aspires. The decision is due to the fact that the man from Rosario could not promote a candidacy that was in direct competition with that of Argentina-Uruguay-Paraguay who also want to host that World Cup.

However, there are no advanced negotiations for the hiring of Messi by the Saudi club, since there were no contacts with Jorge Messi, father and representative of the star, during the recent trip to Arabia since he traveled with his family and in these cases he does not mix Negotiations with family trips.

Messi has the known interest of Barcelona, ​​Inter Miami and Al-Hilal with all their petrodollars, but it is clear that the world champion’s priority is to continue in Europe.