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Lionel Messi is expected to arrive in Paris on Monday after having said a tearful farewell to Barcelona on Sunday.
The 34-year-old, seen by French giants PSG as the vital missing piece of their frustrating Champions League puzzle, already has fans playing a guessing game.
On Sunday night, dozens of PSG diehards gathered at the gates of Le Bourget airport to the north of the capital in the hope of catching a glimpse of their newest “galactico”.
However, their wait was in vain.
Stressing no deals had been done, Messi did concede at his tearful farewell news conference in Barcelona earlier on Sunday that joining PSG was a “possibility”.
In reality, PSG seems to be the only club that can afford what is expected to be a deal worth 35 million euros ($41m) annually for the 34-year-old Argentinian.
“I gave everything for Barcelona from the first day that I arrived right to the last. I never imagined having to say goodbye,” Messi told the news conference on Sunday.
“I have still not come to terms with the reality of leaving this club now – I love this club,” added a suited Messi, who several times wiped away tears before a squadron of reporters who gave him a standing ovation at the club’s Camp Nou ground.
Messi, widely considered the most gifted player in the history of the game, won 35 trophies at Barcelona who he joined as a 13-year-old – including four Champions Leagues and 10 league titles while his 672 goals are a record for any of the top five European leagues.
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