Lionel Messi in Barcelona (AFP)
George Messi arrived at the airport shortly before his son to catch a flight to Paris.
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Lionel Messi’s father told Spanish media on Tuesday that his son would join Paris Saint-Germain.
Asked by reporters at Barcelona’s El Prat airport if the Argentine star would sign with the French club on Tuesday, Jorge Messi, who is also the player’s agent, said: “Yes”.
Jorge Messi was surrounded by reporters when he arrived at the airport to catch a flight to Paris shortly before his son.
PSG have spent the past few days trying to finalize a deal to sign Messi following his departure from Barcelona, the club he has represented for the entirety of his 17-year professional career.
Messi admitted at a tearful farewell news conference in Barcelona on Sunday that joining PSG was only a “possibility”.
Asked if the player was sad to leave Barcelona, Jorge Messi said: “Didn’t you see him?”.
Asked whose fault it was that the six-time Ballon d’Or winner was going to the Catalan side, he said: “Ask the club”.
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