Lionel Messi was suspended by Paris Saint-Germain for taking a trip to Saudi Arabia without the club바카라™s permission, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Tuesday. (More Football News)
The suspension comes at a delicate time as the French club had hoped to extend the Lionel Messi바카라™s contract beyond the current season.
Lionel Messi was suspended by Paris Saint-Germain for taking a trip to Saudi Arabia without the club바카라™s permission, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Tuesday. (More Football News)
The person would not specify the length of the suspension, though French media reported it to be two weeks. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the matter.
A two-week suspension would mean Messi would miss PSG바카라™s next two games. L바카라™Equipe and RMC Sport both reported the suspension without citing sources.
The person told the AP that the World Cup champion won바카라™t be allowed to train or play with the team and won바카라™t be paid during his suspension.
PSG had denied Messi바카라™s request to make the trip, the person said.
The 35-year-old Messi has a commercial contract with Saudi Arabia to promote tourism in the Middle Eastern country.
The suspension comes at a delicate time as the French club had hoped to extend the Argentine star바카라™s contract beyond this season.
Messi바카라™s trip followed PSG바카라™s surprise 3-1 loss to Lorient on Sunday, leaving the defending champions with a five-point lead over Marseille with five games left in the season. Messi played the full game.
L바카라™Equipe had reported that PSG coach Christophe Galtier pledged to give his players two days off 바카라” Monday and Tuesday 바카라” if they beat Lorient. Instead, the team trained on Monday and had Tuesday off.
The forward joined PSG from Barcelona two years ago on hopes he could lead the team to an elusive Champions League title. Instead, the Qatari-backed club was eliminated in the round of 16 in consecutive seasons.
The has been speculation about where he would play next, especially after reports that contract talks with PSG had broken down. Some PSG fans have even booed Messi amid the team바카라™s inconsistent campaign.
Messi led Argentina to the World Cup title in December. He바카라™s scored 15 league goals and leads the French league with 15 assists.
Messi hasn바카라™t commented publicly about the suspension on his social media accounts.Â