According to Tasnim news agency, after the Saudi Al-Nasr club signed Cristiano Ronaldo in a high-profile transfer with a two-and-a-half-year contract with a salary of 200 million dollars per year (187 million euros per year), news was published in the Saudi media that Al-Hilal, the traditional rival of this team, is also planning to try its luck to recruit another superstar of the football world, Lionel Messi. Based on these claims; Al-Hilal club has made a tempting offer to the seven Ballon d’Or winner with a salary of 300 million euros per year.
Fabrizio Romano, a well-known Italian reporter and expert on European football transfers, now reports; Lionel Messi has not received an offer from this Saudi club even though his name has been linked to Al-Hilal in recent days and weeks. According to Romano’s claim; There have been no talks or negotiations between the parties, and the winner of five Ballon d’Or plans to start a new round of negotiations with the managers of Paris Saint-Germain in order to extend his contract with this French club.
The 35-year-old Messi, who ended his 21-year stay in Barcelona in 2021 and joined Paris Saint-Germain, has played in 55 games for this French team and has scored 24 goals and provided 29 assists.
A friendly match between the selected team of Al-Nasr and Al-Hilal players against Paris Saint-Germain is scheduled to be held in Riyadh starting at 20:30 tomorrow night (Thursday), a match that could be the last confrontation between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi in the green rectangle. It is said that more than two million fans from 170 different countries have requested to buy tickets for this game.