It’s official! Lionel Messi signs for Paris St Germain after leaving Barcelona

The move will add the Argentine Lionel Messi, one of the best players of his generation, to an already formidable PSG attack that includes Brazil’s Neymar and French World Cup winner Kylian Mbappe.

Lionel Messi joined star-packed Paris St Germain on Tuesday (August 10) after leaving Barcelona, the club where he had begun and expected to end his career. Messi, a six-times winner of the Ballon d`Or for Europe’s best soccer player, signed a two-year contract with an option for a third year, the club said in a statement on its website. The move will add the Argentine, one of the best players of his generation, to an already formidable PSG attack that includes Brazil’s Neymar and French World Cup winner Kylian Mbappe. “I am excited to begin a new chapter of my career at Paris Saint-Germain,” PSG quoted Messi as saying. “I am determined to help build something special for the club and the fans, and I am looking forward to stepping out onto the pitch at the Parc des Princes.” The arrival of Barcelona’s record scorer, with 672 goals, will boost Qatari-owned PSG’s ambitions to win the prestigious, and lucrative, European Champions League for the first time.