{"id":65515,"date":"2023-05-10T11:06:10","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T11:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/10\/messi-father-denies-saudi-move\/"},"modified":"2023-05-10T11:06:10","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T11:06:10","slug":"messi-father-denies-saudi-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/10\/messi-father-denies-saudi-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Messi Father Denies Saudi Move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Jorge<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lionel Messi\u2019s father and agent, Jorge, has denied reports the forward has an agreement in place to move to Saudi Arabia next season when his Paris Saint-Germain contract expires.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is absolutely nothing [in place] with any club for next season,\u201d he said in a statement on Tuesday. \u201cThe decision will never be taken before Lionel finishes the league campaign with PSG.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce the season ends, that will be the moment to analyse things and see what options there are and to take a decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are always rumours and many use Lionel\u2019s name to gain notoriety, but there is only one truth and it is that we can assure there is nothing [agreed] with anyone. Not verbal, not signed, no pacts. And there won\u2019t be until the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is disrespectful towards other media that there are people that consciously and deliberately deceive without supplying any evidence, wanting to turn rumours with ill intentions into news to favour their own interests. They should have to explain why they don\u2019t verify their information. They don\u2019t want the truth to ruin their \u2018news.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Messi, 35, is out of contract in June, and his future remains uncertain. Sources told ESPN last week he will leave PSG after two years in France, but his next move remains unknown.<\/p>\n<p>While a switch to Saudi Arabia is not closed, sources have previously told ESPN that Messi is considering a move to join Al Hilal, the city rivals of Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s Al Nassr.<\/p>\n<p>However, there is also interest from Major League Soccer and his former club Barcelona, who have a number of financial hurdles to clear before being able to commit to an offer to the Argentina international.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jorge Lionel Messi\u2019s father and agent, Jorge, has denied reports the forward has an agreement in place to move to Saudi Arabia next season when his Paris Saint-Germain contract expires. \u201cThere is absolutely nothing [in place] with any club for next season,\u201d he said in a statement on Tuesday. \u201cThe decision will never be taken [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":65516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - 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