World famous footballer, Lionel Messi
was in tears at start of Barcelona
press conference over his future on
Sunday, three days after financially-
strapped Barcelona announced they
were unable to keep the superstar
who is reportedly close to a move to
Paris Saint-Germain.
Reports say that there are strong
possibilities that the superstar may
reveal his next move after the press
conference.
The Spanish giants said that the 34-
year-old will hold a press conference
at the Camp Nou at noon (1000 GMT),
without specifying the nature of the
briefing.
It will be his first public comments
since Barcelona announced Thursday
that Messi, the club’s all-time top
scorer and appearance maker, would
be leaving after 21 years.
Barcelona president Joan Laporta said
on Friday he was not prepared “to put
the club at risk” by renewing Messi’s
contract, as the club face up to huge
financial problems ahead of the start
of La Liga on August 15.
Laporta said Barcelona were no
longer negotiating with Messi and the
Argentine forward was considering
other offers.
PSG, who bought Neymar from
Barcelona for a world-record 222
million euros ($264 million) in 2017,
appear favourites to sign Messi
according to reports in France.
Significantly, Nasser al-Khelaifi, the
president of the Qatar-owned club,
and sporting director Leonardo both
missed the team’s 2-1 win at Troyes
in their Ligue 1 season-opener on
Saturday night.