Lionel Messi would not join PSG for an unexpected reason and these are his alternatives

It is well known that Lionel Messi's stay in FC Barcelona is highly unlikely. Out of his options for his new team, Paris Saint-Germain looked like the most possible to happen. But things changed and it seems that the plan he and Neymar had of playing together again is off when it was almost certain that he was going to move to France and play under Mauricio Pochettino.

PSG was one of the teams that could afford the insane wages that someone like Messi would earn. But the journalist Julien Laurens warned that despite the high financial power of the club, the sum of money needed is still unreachable to have Messi given the COVID-19 pandemic and the Financial Fair Play.

So if PSG cannot fulfill his demands, some other club will. That is where his other options appear, and as it was talked, MLS comes into play. The direct way of Messi to America comes through David Beckham and Inter Miami CF. They have a great friendship and he would settle quickly, given that the Argentinian knows the city and has an appartment in Miami Beach.

Then, there is an indirect way. He would join Manchester City, his lifelong friend Sergio Aguero and Pep Guardiola, the best coach he ever had. After playing under a competitive level for the last time, New York City FC will be his last ever team, and after his playing career he would become an ambassador for  the City Football Group, all of this thought in a 10 year contract for him.