Lionel Messi set to leave PSG after bust-up with manager

Lionel Messi (Image Credit: Twitter)

Argentina and Paris Saint-Germain striker, Lionel Messi is reportedly looking to leave his club. Apparently, it is believed that he had a fight with his team manager,  Christophe Galtier on March 19. Even though there is no confirmation, the rumors are rife. It is also reported that Messi left the training ground after a heated debate with Galtier last week. The coach tried to persuade him to stay back but Messi was not very keen to listen.

Notably, the 35-year-old's father Jorge has denied the reports of a rift between his son and the PSG coach. The Mirror report stated that Messi left the training ground because he had a niggle in his left adductor. Messi's PSG contract is sto expire in June this year. He had signed a two-year contract with PSG in 2021 after he ended the association with Barcelona, the club for which he played from 2004 to 2021.

The reason for the departure was Spanish club's failure to pay giant wages to Messi. When Messi signed the two-year contract, he has also kept door open for an extension of a year. However, an extension at PSG looks highli unlikely now that he has had a fallout with the PSG manager.

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Reports also emerged earlier about tension between him and PSG strike Kylian Mbappe. The relationship between the two seems to have hit rock bottom after the highly-tensed FIFA World Cup 2022 final in Qatar which Messi's Argentina won in close finish.