In a context of full hubbub for the last star that Al-Hilal got rid of after drawing 1-1 with Al Wehda and winning 7-6 in the penalty shootout the final of the Copa del Rey in Jeddah, the president of the team led by Argentine Ramón Díaz was approached by several fans who did not hesitate to ask him if he is close to hiring Lionel Messi for next season. After Jorge’s clarification, father of the PSG starFahd Bin Nafel also expressed himself in this regard in the same vein.
“Don’t ask me about Messi. I won’t tell you anything. If something comes out of our press department, they’ll find out.”, was what the president of the Saudi Arabian entity responded to them after the fans of his team chanted the last name of the captain of the Argentine team in recent games. The 35-year-old from Rosario who visited Saudi territory with his family has been installed in the Middle East for weeks and has a great chance of being signed by Al-Hilal.
Bin Nafel added: “The group for me is more important than a player. Any star who comes to our club must know that we are a great club. Our goal is to improve the campus. If you focus on one person, you lose the group.”
“There is absolutely nothing with any club for next year. The decision will never be made before Lionel ends the league with PSG.”, were some of the lines that Jorge Messi had used in a statement that he shared through social networks to deny that Lionel had an agreement with a club for the following season. They are still waiting in Barcelona, where a strategic economic plan is underway to finalize his return.
For now, Messi will have action again after Paris Saint Germain lifted his sanction for having traveled to Saudi Arabia without giving notice. The team led by Christophe Galtier will face Ajaccio in the Parc des Princes with the mission of winning to maintain the difference of six points with the escort Lens, who yesterday beat Reims 2-1 and came within a distance of 3 points when three games remain to be played in Ligue 1.
Messi began to be linked with Saudi football after Cristiano Ronaldo agreed to join Al-Nassr after the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The Portuguese closed a contract of 400 million euros until 2025, which made him the highest paid athlete in the world in 2023 according to the magazine Forbes. Although no official figures were released, Al-Hilal would be willing to pay 600 million euros per season for the Argentine, that is, triple what CR7 receives.
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