With the early exit of the Champions League round of 16, the Paris team's 900 million euro superstar policy has been hit hard, and Messi's fate after the end of this season is in doubt.
According to the current media news, "Where is Messi" mainly has 4 hot families:
1. Renewal of the contract in Paris; 2. Join the MLS; 3. Return to Barça; 4. Join the Premier League to win the Champions League again; 5. Join the Saudi League and achieve "Mero Matchup".
Among the 5 popular families, Messi joined the MLS with the highest popularity. In fact, the MLS has been interested in Messi for a long time. Once Messi lands in the MLS, he will surely enjoy the highest treatment in history.
On March 27, "Everybody" news, Manchester United legend David Beckham as the owner of Miami International, is trying to sign Messi, but the player's high salary has become a major obstacle.
According to MLS regulations, the league has clear restrictions on player salaries, and only franchised players can get the league's top salary of about 6 million euros. Los Angeles, New York and Miami could all be Messi's destinations.
Each said that the 29 clubs of the MLS are acting together, and the owners of the clubs held a meeting last Saturday and have reached an agreement that as long as Messi can be signed, each club will share Messi's salary, and each club will be responsible for paying a part. Because if Messi lands in the MLS, it will bring huge commercial benefits to the league, including TV broadcast fees, sales of peripheral products and so on.
In fact, NBA history has made an exception for the Bulls to renew Jordan, allowing the Legends' salary not to count toward the salary cap. Now the MLA has decided to follow the NBA's precedent in order to sign Messi. The 29 teams in the league share the salary, which is unprecedented in treatment, which matches Messi's "king of the ball" status.
After winning the World Cup, Messi has won 42 titles in his career, second only to Alves.
Messi has won the Ballon d'Or 7 times, including 1 time 4 times, and he has been crowned by the Copa America World Cup and deserves to be the "third generation of the king". Among the top 100 stars in football history, Messi jumped to the top spot, beating Pele and Maradona's two legendary football kings.
Messi is the biggest signing among the many superstars in MLS history, including Henry, Ljungberg, Robbie Keane, Frank Lampard, Gerrard, Wayne Rooney, Chiellini, Bale, Nesta, David Villa and Pirlo.
In addition, the recent scandal of Messi's return to Barca has intensified. According to TA analysis, Messi's contract with Paris expires this summer, and both parties need to agree to activate the extension clause for a one-year extension.
After being eliminated in the Champions League, messages about his future also changed among those close to Messi, who said "all options are open", including a return to Barca. Messi's best team-mate Sergio Aguero even threatened that Messi should retire at Barca.
However, for Barca to sign back Messi, transaction costs have become the biggest obstacle. You know, before the original break with Barca, Messi and Barca reached a new contract with a voluntary salary reduction of 10 million euros after tax. Now Barca want to sign back Messi, they must renegotiate, and it involves signing fees and commissions.
But because Camp Nou has to be transformed this summer, Barca will change its home stadium next season, which directly leads to the loss of up to 90 million euros for the team, so signing back Messi is also a way for Barca's top management to make up for commercial losses.
This season, Barca's defense is solid, but the forward line is not very efficient, and Messi will definitely improve his attacking power. However, the arrival of Messi is bound to threaten the position of the youngsters such as De Jong, Pedri and Gavi.
A factory flower believes that once Messi's contract extension fails, it is quite difficult to return to Barca, and joining the Premier League is the best choice, and the Qatari consortium that bought Manchester United is "close to the water first month"!