Lionel Messi stayed competing in the European league while Cristiano Ronaldo went to play for Al-Nassr in the Arab league. Although in the coming days both players could face each other in PSG vs. Riyadh Season, in a few months they would play in the same sports competition. It turns out that the 'Pulga' could go to Saudi Arabian football.
Nasser Al-Attiyah, the cousin of the owner of PSG and four-time winner of the Dakar Rally, stated that the world champion with Argentina would sign with Al-Hilal, where Peruvian winger André Carrillo plays.
"Saudi Arabia will also sign Messi in a few months and I can tell you which team," said the Qatari sheikh to the Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo after competing in the most extreme rally in the world.
Cristiano Ronaldo could have his last encounter against Lionel Messi and would have André Carrillo as a teammate. Photo: composition LR/Fabrizio Romano/Al-Hilal/AFP
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"From what I see now, also from Al-Nassr —which signed Cristiano Ronaldo with a crazy amount of money—, I am sure that Messi, in a few months, maybe three or six months, will be signed by a club from Saudi Arabia. You'll see. And I can tell you which team. I'm sure he will arrive at Al-Hilal," he said.
Messi would not return to Barcelona
In that sense, Nasser Al-Attiyah ruled out any possibility of Lionel Messi returning to Barcelona after ending his contract with Paris Saint-Germain.
"It is difficult for Messi to return to Barça from Paris Saint Germain. PSG has a very strong economy, a good balance, and a very clear plan," concluded the cousin of the owner of PSG.