PSG are offering Lionel Messi a two-year contract worth £25m a year.Â
They are confident he will sign it this week and Messi's lawyers are in Paris working on the deal. The contract has an option for a third year.Â
It will be the start of a long-term relationship between Messi and Qatar as they prepare to host the World Cup finals next year.Â
PSG believe they can sign Messi without breaking any Financial Fair Play rules because his signing will generate more revenue than he will cost in wages.
Messi confirmed he had agreed to take a 50 per cent wage cut during negotiations over a new deal.
"I offered to reduce my salary by 50 per cent and they didn't ask me for anything else.
"The news that I'd asked for 30 per cent more is a lie. We did everything we could and it wasn't possible.
"A lot of things people are saying aren't true and like I said, I did everything [I could]."
They are confident he will sign it this week and Messi's lawyers are in Paris working on the deal. The contract has an option for a third year.Â
It will be the start of a long-term relationship between Messi and Qatar as they prepare to host the World Cup finals next year.Â
PSG believe they can sign Messi without breaking any Financial Fair Play rules because his signing will generate more revenue than he will cost in wages.
Messi confirmed he had agreed to take a 50 per cent wage cut during negotiations over a new deal.
"I offered to reduce my salary by 50 per cent and they didn't ask me for anything else.
"The news that I'd asked for 30 per cent more is a lie. We did everything we could and it wasn't possible.
"A lot of things people are saying aren't true and like I said, I did everything [I could]."