After being placed on indefinite leave by PSG for Monday's unauthorized travel to Saudi Arabia, Lionel Messi finally spoke out.
The forward left for the Middle East at the beginning of the week on what was supposed to be a club-mandated day off, only to discover when the squad was summoned that he had missed training.
After the team's 3-1 loss to Lorient over the weekend, the day off was canceled, but the World Cup winner had already boarded a jet for a pre-arranged excursion.
The club then placed him on a two-week suspension, but he has now apologized in a video in an effort to mend fences and present his side of "
In the 39-second video posted to his Instagram account, Messi said, "I thought we were going to have a day off after the game as always."
I had this trip planned and I couldn't cancel it, and I had already cancelled it before. I apologize to my team-mates and I'm waiting for what the club wants to do with me.' The seven-time Ballon d'Or winner spoke in Spanish throughout the clip and was dressed in a shirt and blazer. he came across as regretful, but is still on suspension with more than a week left before he will return to action. Messi recently posed with his wife, Antonella,
There were rumors after the incident that Messi and his father, who is also his agent, have made it clear to PSG that he will leave the club at the end of the season. fans gathered outside the club headquarters on Wednesday to chant for the PSG board to resign, while they also called for Messi to leave the club, with the Argentinian also receiving jeers from screams.
To entice the forward to the Saudi Pro League this summer, the Saudi Arabian government is prepared a massive offer.
The World Cup winner has been linked with Al-Hilal, and Messi has been promised £320 million annually, nearly double the £175 million income Cristiano Ronaldo receives at Al-Nassr.
It is unknown where he will go next, but he will have no shortage of suitors while he makes up his mind; Al-Hilal is prepared to pay him the highest salary ever paid to an athlete.
He has also been connected with a move to Inter Miami, a club owned by David Beckham, and a return to Barcelona.
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