Messi/PSG: "A more realistic operation than the arrival of Neymar and Mbappé in 2017" (V. Caillet)

"The arrival of Lionel Messi has turned out to be a much more accessible and realistic operation in the end than the double recruitment of Kylian Mbappé and Neymar Jr. in 2017 (€400m in transfer fees). These operations are not at all comparable. Messi would arrive as a free player, this is not a transfer. The equation to solve here is therefore simpler: how can the club amortise in two years (the length of Messi's potential contract) a salary of €40m per season (+signing expenses and bonuses)? Considering the operating budget of Paris Saint-Germain (Ligue 1 Uber Eats), the economic potential of Messi and his cost (€80m in wages over two seasons), it is clear that this is a completely realistic operation," said Virgile Caillet, general delegate of Union Sport & Cycle, to News Tank Football on 10/08/2021.

Lionel Messi tearfully confirmed that he will no longer be an FC Barcelona (LaLiga Santander) player from 2021-22, on 08/08/2021. Faced with Barça's economic difficulties, the Argentine will not renew his contract with the Blaugrana for a 22^nd season in Catalonia. According to French…