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He was highly anticipated and it is now official: Lionel Messi signed with Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday August 10. A cheering crowd gathered to welcome him.
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After days of negotiations and rumors, Lionel Messi officially became a Paris Saint-Germain player on Tuesday August 10. When he arrived at Le Bourget airport (Seine-Saint-Denis), supporters, en masse, chanted his name. The crowd was raving and struggling to really believe it. “It’s incredible, the best player of all time who comes to Paris, there are no words”, explains a supporter. The press from all over the world was present to cover this planetary event. “It’s a global shock. Leo Messi leaves Barça for a city and a country whose language or culture he knows almost nothing about.”, judge Christian Martin, correspondent journalist Europe ESPN Sport.
The 34-year-old Argentinian with six Ballons d’Or has signed for at least two years with the club in the capital. With an estimated annual salary of 40 million euros, but regardless of the cost to PSG. “It is perhaps the biggest blow in modern football with the arrival of Maradona in Naples or that of Zidane in Real Madrid. A club will be able to field Messi, Neymar and Mbappé at the same time”, analysis Virgile Caillet, general delegate of Union Sport et Cycle. Now it’s time for the field.
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