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Messi, Busquets, and Alba are anticipated to join Al-Hilal, according to El Chiringuito TV
El Chiringuito TV reports that Leo Messi has accepted Al Hilal's offer of €400M per year.
To persuade Messi to join them, Al Hilal reportedly made offers to Alba and Busquets.
According to reports, Lionel Messi will sign a megadeal for £260 million per year this summer and join Saudi Arabian side Al-Hilal.
According to sources in Spain, the 35-year-old World Cup champion from Argentina will leave Paris Saint-Germain at the end of the current campaign and will bypass Barcelona in favor of the Middle East.
According to El Chiringuito TV, Messi will accept the offer made by the four-time Asian Champions League champions and move to Saudi Arabia with his former adversary Cristiano Ronaldo.
Surprisingly, they also claim that Jordi Alba and former Barcelona teammate Sergio Busquets would join him there on a two-season contract.
Messi will leave Paris at the end of the current season, according to news that broke last week. Barcelona and MLS team Inter Miami were both rumored to be interested.
However, if the rumors are to be believed, Messi will choose the rich offer from the most successful team in Saudi Arabia.
Already serving as the nation's tourism ambassador and receiving a £25 million yearly salary, Messi
And his departure from the Parc des Princes was accelerated by an unauthorized trip to Riyadh last week.
Messi, his wife Antonella Roccuzzo, and their kids Ciro and Mateo were shown visiting sights in Diriyah and the capital Riyadh.
The PSG players were supposed to have the day off on Monday, but manager Christophe Galtier made their report for extra training after the team's 3-1 loss to Lorient the day before.
Messi, however, was unable to turn around because he was already traveling to Saudi Arabia, where he may play football in the upcoming season.
Galtier and sporting director Luis Campos did not approve the trip, therefore PSG suspended Messi for 15 days and deducted some of his pay.
Messi apologized for missing the training session in a social media message to the team and the club on Friday.
In the 39-second clip posted to his Instagram account, Messi said, "I thought we were going to have a day off after the game as always."
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