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BUENOS AIRES, May 4 (Reuters) - Lionel Messi has received a formal offer to join Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal next season, a source close to Argentina's World Cup-winning captain told Reuters on Thursday. The offer from the Saudi club is the only one Messi has received so far, the source added. Argentine media have reported that the offer is worth around $400 million a year. Al-Hilal did not immediately respond to a request for comment outside of normal business hours. The 35-year-old Messi has also been linked in the media with a move back to boyhood club Barcelona, with the United States' Major League Soccer club Inter Miami also being touted as a possible destination. He was Messi is a Saudi ambassador for tourism and his long-time rival, Cristiano Ronaldo, signed for Saudi club Al-Nassr in December in a deal reported to be worth around $220 million per year. A second source close to Messi told Reuters the suspension was imposed after the forward told PSG he would not stay in Paris following this season and felt the club lacked a project. The source added that PSG had no training scheduled on Monday and the decision to hold a session was taken only after Messi was already in Saudi Arabia. A source close to PSG denied this, telling Reuters Messi travelled without permission from the French club and despite there being a training session scheduled on Monday. The source did not comment on whether Messi had already told PSG he intended to leave at the end of the season.

Lionel Messi plans to join a club in Saudi Arabia and cut his time with FC Barcelona short, ... [+] according to a report from Spain. AFP via Getty Images Paris Saint Germain forward Lionel Messi plans to eventually join Al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia and cut short his potential time at FC Barcelona, Onda Cero. Messi is heavily linked with a return to former club FC Barcelona, who are trying to convince La Liga through a viability plan that they can make the numbers happen on the potential deal while struggling to shed a required €200 million ($220 million) from their wage bill. If the Catalans can pull the coup off, Messi has already decided his next step after donning his iconic number '10' shirt for them again according to Onda Cero. On the station's Radioestadio Noche program aired past midnight in Spain early on Wednesday morning, they reported that Messi plans to stay at Barca just one year before heading to Saudi Arabia. Last month, transfer market expert Fabrizio Romano and the Saudi Gazette In 2022, Kylian Mbappe was the World's Highest-Paid Soccer Player while Messi was the World's Highest-Paid Athlete with earnings of $130 million. On the mentioned World's 10 Highest-Paid Athletes 2023 list, Messi was second with the same amount made up of $65 million earned on-field and $65 million off-field. He was beaten by generational rival Ronaldo on this occasion, who earned $136 million - $46 million of which came on-field and $90 million off-field. If Onda Cero's reports are ...

Messi will not train or play for PSG during the period of his suspension. It is understood the 35-year-old asked permission to make the journey to carry out commercial work but was refused. Messi believes he did originally have permission to travel to Saudi, but that was then withdrawn due to a change in the club's training schedule. • Lionel Messi: Why dream return to Barcelona looks very unlikely Messi, who has also been fined by the club, has a role as a tourism ambassador for Saudi Arabia. The World Cup winner's two-year contract with PSG expires this summer. Barcelona vice-president Rafael Yuste claimed in March that the Spanish club were in contact with Messi about a return to the Nou Camp. Messi has scored 31 goals and contributed 34 assists in 71 games in all competitions for PSG, and won the Ligue 1 title last season. He is set to miss matches against Troyes and Ajaccio as PSG, five points clear with five games to go, look to clinch a ninth league title in 11 seasons. 'Messi's PSG career effectively over' - Analysis Simon Stone, BBC Sport Lionel Messi has taken a decision that effectively calls time on his Paris St-Germain career. Yes, they have three games left after Messi's suspension has been completed and there is work remaining to secure another Ligue 1 title, but PSG are on a different course now - and it does not involve Messi, who less than five months ago achieved the crowning glory of his stellar career by lifting the World Cup. PSG do not view their act...

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