On Wednesday, Messi is to be unveiled as a Parisian player on a two-year contract, with an optional third.
The 34-year-old Messi did not want to leave the Camp Nou, certainly not in the manner he ultimately did.
He had agreed a new five-year deal but cash-strapped Catalans could not afford to make it happen. Messi is arguably the greatest of all time, even though he has never won the World Cup and claimed the last of his four Champion Leagues in 2015.
Winning that competition is all that matters to PSG and their Qatari owners and that is why they are paying Messi a reported 35 million euros ($41 million) a year.
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