On August 5th, 20021,Barcelona officially announced that it could not complete the contract renewal with Messi due to economic problems.
After the news of Barcelona was announced, the Paris director Leonardo immediately contacted Lionel Jorge, Messi's father, and asked him, "Is it true about you and Barcelona? Can we talk about it tomorrow morning? "
And Paris President Nasser also gave Leonardo a death order: "You must bring Messi to Paris, you must."
First of all, the two sides discussed the length of the contract, and finally reached an agreement on a two-year contract plus a one-year priority renewal right.
After this aspect was confirmed, Paris immediately sent a formal contract to Messi on the evening of August 8, local time 1 (7: 00 pm Beijing time). At that time, Messi was attending a news conference to bid farewell to Barcelona. His father did not attend. He was studying the contract given by Paris.
The first offer from Paris has reached Messi's psychological expectation. After that, the two sides held some flexible negotiations to show them the sincerity of Paris. During this period, although Messi also received calls from two clubs, he finally chose Paris.
Later, from the evening of the 8th to the afternoon of 10, before Messi left for Paris, a series of procedures and contracts were still being exchanged and signed, and lawyers of both sides were busy checking, and finally the two sides reached an agreement so quickly.
On 2021August 10, Messi officially joined the French giants Paris Saint-Germain.