{"id":267627,"date":"2023-05-09T17:40:43","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T16:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=267627"},"modified":"2023-05-09T17:40:43","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T16:40:43","slug":"messi-future-undecided-says-father-after-saudi-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/05\/09\/messi-future-undecided-says-father-after-saudi-links\/","title":{"rendered":"Messi future undecided, says father after Saudi links"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lionel Messi\u2019s father and agent Jorge insisted Tuesday the Paris Saint-Germain forward has not decided where he will play next season after a source told AFP he would sign for a Saudi Arabian side.<\/p>\n<p>The Argentina captain is out of contract with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/05\/03\/psg-set-to-end-relationship-with-messi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PSG<\/a> in June and an anonymous source close to negotiations said it was \u201ca done deal\u201d that he would follow former Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo to the Saudi league.<\/p>\n<p>However, Jorge Messi said his son would only make a decision about his future at the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is absolutely nothing agreed with any club for next year,\u201d wrote Messi\u2019s father on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe decision will not be made before Lionel finishes the league with PSG.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce the season is over, it will be time to analyse and see what\u2019s out there and then make a decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Messi, 35, was suspended by Qatari-owned PSG last week for an unauthorised trip to Saudi, where he is a tourism ambassador, and is set to leave the French side at the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are always rumours and many use Lionel\u2019s name to gain notoriety, but the truth is only one and we can assure you that there is nothing agreed with anyone,\u201d continued Jorge Messi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNeither verbal nor signed nor agreed. 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