{"id":1096779,"date":"2021-08-10T16:06:03","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T14:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eldigitaldeasturias.com\/noticias\/?p=1096779"},"modified":"2021-08-10T16:06:03","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T14:06:03","slug":"messi-will-sign-for-psg-father-confirms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eldigitaldeasturias.com\/noticias\/messi-will-sign-for-psg-father-confirms\/","title":{"rendered":"Messi will sign for PSG, father confirms"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Paris (STATS Perform\/dpa) – Lionel Messi is on the brink of completing his transfer to Paris Saint-Germain, according to the player’s father.<\/p>\n

Messi was expected to sign a long-anticipated new contract at Barcelona last week, only for the La Liga giants to announce the deal could not be completed due to \u00abfinancial and structural obstacles\u00bb.<\/p>\n

PSG have moved quickly to secure the 34-year-old, who is poised to form an all-star forward line alongside Neymar and Kylian Mbappe under head coach Mauricio Pochettino.<\/p>\n

Multiple reports in Paris suggest Messi is expected in the French capital on Tuesday, and Jorge Messi was approached by reporters at Barcelona-El Prat Airport.<\/p>\n

Asked by La Sexta whether his son would sign for PSG, Messi Senior replied: \u00abYes.\u00bb<\/p>\n

A follow-up question enquiring who was responsible for Messi leaving Barcelona was met with the response: \u00abFind out at the club.\u00bb<\/p>\n

Following his son’s tearful Sunday news conference at Camp Nou, Jorge Messi was asked whether the six-time Ballon d’Or winner was upset and retorted: \u00abHaven’t you seen him?\u00bb<\/p>\n

Messi himself then arrived at the airport with his wife and children but did not make any comment to reporters.<\/p>\n

Messi’s wife, Antonela Roccuzzo, later posted an image of herself and the player on a plane on her Instagram story.<\/p>\n

\u00abAll towards a new adventure together, the five,\u00bb her caption read.<\/p>\n

By Dom Farrell, STATS Perform<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Paris (STATS Perform\/dpa) – Lionel Messi is on the brink of completing his transfer to Paris Saint-Germain, according to the player’s father. Messi was expected to sign a long-anticipated new contract at Barcelona last week, only for the La Liga giants to announce the deal could not be completed due to \u00abfinancial and structural obstacles\u00bb. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":976708,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1096779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualidad"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t