PSG in contract talks with Messi.
- Superstar Scores Key Goal for Team Missing Neymar, Mbappe
- Paris: Paris Saint-Germain's foot- ball advisor Luis Campos says he will be "delighted" if Argentinian superstar Lionel Messi agrees to extend his contract with the French champions.
- The 35-year-old seven-time Ballon D'Or winner achieved his lifetime ambition of winning the World Cup December but has maintained a decent run of form on his return to France. He scored a key goal in the 3-1 win over Montpellier and then notched his 10th Ligue 1 goal of the season on Saturdays Smising Kylian Mbappe and Neymar through injury, came from behind to beat Toulouse 2-1.
- Messi joined PSG in 2021 on a two-year contract, with the option of renewing it for another.
- "We are in discussions. I cannothide that, I would love to have him involved in this project, that he can continue with us," Campos told French broadcaster TF1.
- "I would be delighted if he does so, but we are talking at the moment trying to achieve that goal, that Leo Messi remains with us.'
- Campos lauded Messi's recent contributions to the team especially in the win over Montpellier.
- "At half-time I said to him 'Leo it is imperative you drag the others with you'. He replied: 'keep calm' and he produced an exceptional second half."
- Messi's form is just the boost PSG require with Mbappe's injury due to see him miss their Champions League Last 16 first leg clash with Bayern Munich on Feb 14.