Messi is staying at PSG for the rest of his life!

FT Desk

• 2 Nov 2022 16:45 GMT
• 3 min read

It looks like Lionel Messi may end his career at PSG!

That’s one way of interpreting a report in L’Equipe on Wednesday, which claimed that Messi has told his management entourage that he will not leave PSG until they win the Champions League.

The biggest competition in club football has been the holy grail for PSG’s Qatari ownership ever since they arrived at the club over a decade ago.

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They have poured billions into the club, smashing transfer record after transfer record in search of the mythical trophy.

However, despite dominating Ligue 1 with eight titles in 10 years, they have fallen embarrassingly short when it comes to the Champions League.

They were eliminated at the quarter-final stage four years in a row before then being knocked out in the last-16 three seasons on the bounce.

Even investing over €400 million on Kylian Mbappe and Neymar barely helped, with the only seasons they even came reasonably close to winning the Champions League being in 2020 (finalists) and 2021 (semi-finalists).

PSG have become renowned for a string of spectacular collapses in knockout matches, including last season when they seemed to be strolling into the quarters versus Real Madrid before the eventual winners launched a stunning comeback to go through.

Messi's expiring contract

That was during Messi’s first season as a PSG player following his free transfer move from Barcelona in the summer of 2021.

His contract expires at the end of the current season, with PSG desperate to renew his deal.

Barcelona want to bring the 35-year-old back to Camp Nou, while Inter Miami want to take him to the United States.

L’Equipe report that Messi is determined to not leave PSG until he wins that elusive Champions League for PSG.

That spells bad news for Barca and Inter Miami, as PSG’s Champions League curse suggests he is going to be at the Parc des Princes for a long time!