{"id":22673,"date":"2021-08-10T07:27:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T11:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=22673"},"modified":"2021-08-10T11:29:44","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T15:29:44","slug":"messi-reportedly-agrees-deal-to-join-psg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=22673","title":{"rendered":"Messi Reportedly Agrees Deal To Join PSG"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"531\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2.61529070.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2.61529070.png 531w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2.61529070-300x203.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lionel Messi has reached an agreement with Paris Saint Germain (PSG) over a transfer to the French soccer club, sports paper L&#8217;Equipe said on its website, adding he was due to arrive in Paris in the coming hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Messi, the 34-year-old record goalscorer for both Argentina and Barcelona, is one of the greatest players of all time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The six-time Ballon d&#8217;Or winner, wept on Sunday as he bade farewell to his boyhood team, after the club said it could no longer afford to keep him, blaming La Liga&#8217;s fair play rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The PSG frontline is already formidable, with Messi&#8217;s former Barca teammate Neymar and young France striker Kylian Mbappe seen as two of the best players on the planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the arrival of Messi, Barca&#8217;s all-time record goalscorer with 682 in 27 years, will boost the club&#8217;s ambitions to win a first ever Champions League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The arrival of Messi, who has 245 million followers on Instagram and is Barcelona&#8217;s most decorated player of all time, is also welcome news for France&#8217;s Ligue 1, embroiled in a crisis over TV rights. <strong>-Thomson Reuters<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-22673\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=22673&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-22673\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=22673&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-22673\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=22673&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=22673\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lionel Messi has reached an agreement with Paris Saint Germain (PSG) over a transfer to the French soccer club, sports paper L&#8217;Equipe said on its website, adding he was due to arrive in Paris in the coming hours. 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