PSG boss Galtier confirms Messi leaving club this summer

Lionel Messi will be the centerpiece of another transfer saga.

Two years since the artful Argentine attacker joined Paris Saint-Germain after leaving Barcelona, the 35-year-old will play his last match for PSG in Saturday’s league visit from Clermont Foot. His contract expires on June 30.

“I had the privilege of coaching the best player in the history of football,” PSG head coach Christophe Galtier said Thursday, according to BBC Sport.

“This will be his last match at the Parc des Princes, and I hope that he will receive the warmest of welcomes.”

Messi added two Ligue 1 titles and France’s Trophee des Champions to his collection of honors at Paris Saint-Germain but couldn’t help the Qatari-owned club achieve its ultimate goal of winning the Champions League. PSG were eliminated at the competition’s round-of-16 stage during both of Messi’s sea

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