PSG have long since turned the page on Lionel Messi. A long-standing agreement with Kylian Mbappé is revealed, with the ambition to change the face of the Parisian attack by replacing the Argentinian with Harry Kane.
Lionel Messi didn’t want to waste time. A few days after the end of the season, the Argentinian announced his arrival at Inter Miami. Although there are still a few details to be finalized, the player who has just spent two seasons at PSG had no confidence in Joan Laporta to return to FC Barcelona, who had dropped him two years earlier. For its part, Paris clearly did not insist on keeping him, when he would have had nowhere else the possibility of playing in the Champions League while maintaining such a level of salary. Especially since in December, in the wake of the World Cup, everyone’s priority, from Qatar to the Messi clan, was to continue in Paris.
PSG didn’t retain Messi for a reason
But gradually, the positions moved away. Premature elimination in the Champions League has been given as the main explanation for the distance between the positions, but this is not what Miguel Serrano, a journalist for OK Diario, claims. According to this source, in its desire to present the club’s project to him for next season, PSG promised Kylian Mbappé that everything would be done so that he could finally find the perfect place that suits him on the field. The message of the “Pivot Gang” has therefore passed perfectly, and this means the end of the attackers who wander in front without having the ability to fix. This is the case of Lionel Messi, who was considered incompatible with the arrival of a real number 9. Thus, the departure of the Argentinian was envisaged from the start of the year 2023, which also explains why the PSG did not insist for a single second to keep it, and did not make a size proposal during the spring when the Argentinian’s departure was taking shape.
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Now that Lionel Messi is no longer in the Paris squad, the recruitment of a real center forward is taking place. And a year after promising to do everything to obtain the services of Robert Lewandowski, who even discussed with the PSG and with Kylian Mbappé, the PSG will go back to attack in this sensitive file. From now on, the track is called Harry Kane, and Nasser Al-Khelaïfi risks having to rub shoulders with Real Madrid. Indeed, the Spanish club has just lost Karim Benzema and can therefore no longer wait to find its striker. If Florentino Pérez hit hard by securing the arrival of Jude Bellingham, the Madrid president knows he is expected on the file of a leading striker while KB9 has had a difficult last season.
PSG dominated by Real for Kane
But the Spanish media affirms it, it is a real promise that Qatar made to Mbappé, and the PSG will put the package to keep it. At a time when Harry Kane has Tottenham’s agreement to leave London in the event of a good offer, this file remains complex. The player dreams of playing for Manchester United, but Tottenham would rather see him go abroad. Real Madrid and PSG therefore have their chances, even if it will be necessary to seduce the Spurs as much as the player. The situation should settle very quickly, since Real Madrid, which has just secured Jude Bellingham, has planned to make an official offer in the coming days, says Eduardo Inda. And above all, in the event of a choice to be made, Prince Harry would have a preference for Madrid, prestige level and ability to fill his still virgin trophy cabinet with prestigious titles. Not enough to knock out PSG, since Paris has made a promise that it intends to keep by doing absolutely everything to bring a number 9 of international stature back to the Parc des Princes.
