The Saudi Pro League is hoping to lure Paris Saint-Germain star Lionel Messi to Saudi Arabia to pair with Cristiano Ronaldo, ESPN reports.
Ronaldo made the move himself following the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, signing a two-and-a-half year deal worth $200 million a year with Al-Nassr. However, league officials don’t seem content to bring just one superstar to the country’s premier soccer league and are hoping to add a current World Cup champion next summer.
Messi’s current deal with PSG is set to expire this summer, which resulted in earlier reports that the 35-year-old was close to making a move to Inter Miami. However, Le Parisien claims that Messi will sign back with the Ligue 1 club through the 2023–24 season, which nixed any thought of a jump to the MLS.
