How PSG signed Lionel Messi
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Lionel Messi signing for PSG. We never thought it would happen. Barcelona wished, promised, and fought for it not to happen. Messi was supposed to spend his entire career at Camp Nou, wasn’t he?
So how did it happen? Adam Crafton has the inside story of every step along the way, starting with a phone call with Pochettino, and beginning Messi’s new Parisian tale.
Illustrated by Philippe Fenner
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Would've been nice if you mentioned the quirkier parts of the deal like the Argentinian National team being able to use PSG's Facilities
Can’t say I knew that, cheers for that fact you’ve got some knowledge on you mate 👊
@@mysteriousM8 cheers
@NMA 55 NIDHIN JOBI they can train there if there is a friendly or a tournament in europe
@NMA 55 NIDHIN JOBI Messi has the right to not be blocked to play for the national team since WC qualification is starting again, on top of leaving from France to NT duties on his own terms in terms of flying
Do you use bot for like
Only PSG have shown a serious interest to sign him and offered a deal he can't refuse. That's why PSG signed Messi
Yeah Neymar Dimaria Paredes Verrati doesn't help at all, sure sure ..
Where was City when the westfold fell?
Man I wanted to watch the whole video , you spoiled the whole video for me 😔
Ok but the question was how not why tho
A deal he couldn't refuse?
Next video: How Prison FC signed Benjamin Mendy
Chill out. 😂🤣
And gylfi sigurdsson and Ryan giggs. Not a bad transfer window
@@Hamza-vm9oj What did Giggs do?
@@ryanergo754 I think he's in court for domestic abuse
They almost signed Harry Maguire last season too.
How PSG signed Messi: They paid him money
Ah yes, floor made up of floor
What about financial fair play.
PSG: that's a made up word.
Spoilers!
@@edgarapocal PSG in bed with Uefa as the Qatar federation is with FIFA
Regarding Financial Fair Play, I said it last year when City won their court ruling. Financial Fair Play is a joke now. If UEFA couldn't enforce their rules on City, PSG is about to get off easily.
Even UEFA have admitted this is the case, especially with Barcelona apparently "passing" FFP yet being a billion or so in debt. It was simply designed to stop small clubs from becoming big and ruining UEFA's ultimate dream of a Barcelona v Real Madrid Champions League Final played in New York.
@Mrsniperfox29 Why even have a Champions League? How about we just have a conventional league where all the big clubs compete with one another... sounds familiar
@@jacqmatondo8534 Because the UCL is objectively more interesting than rich teams competing in the same league independently of recent performance
@@gerhardsmith7892 Rich misses the point lol, they're rich because they were good. No club gets rich by being bad lol
@@Someone25948 Not by being bad, but plenty of clubs became rich despite being mediocre at best, ask Man City, ask PSG, ask Newcastle now
And there are a lot of rich clubs that are now trash that would be in the Superleague despite being trash, like Barcelona or Juventus, so you are the one missing the point
Next Video - How Manchester City signed Cristiano Ronaldo.
Edit - Aged like milk.
Messi winning the Copa America created a parallel universe of football
I think Messi possibility of winning 7th Ballon D'Or and joining Psg played a big part in Ronaldo's transfer to City
Correction, Snake-Naldo
Do you think Ronaldo would ruin his Man U legacy like that?
@@iwantgoals1566 if ronaldo would be a snake for going from united to city than Sancho is an even bigger snake for going from Man City Academy to Man Utd
Even people who don't care or know about football know about Messi and Ronaldo, Neymar and Mbappe aren't even close to that level. Not because they aren't good enough, just because the world of football has been going crazy over those two for the past 15 years. The pure hype will bring people to Paris to see why people talk about Messi.
P.S.: Can you do another 3 to 5 videos on Qatar's world cup and how many people died there, in Brazil, RSA, Germany, Japan & ROK...?
At least in Brazil, Neymar has reached that since he was bought by Barcelona. Mbappe and Haaland are just starting making a name for themselves, and definitely they will have it next year.
@@user-qh4dr1vy9d Obviously Neymar is very popular in Brazil. Messi is that popular everywhere.
Can’t wait to see: “How Manchester United resigned Ronaldo”
very poor choice of words
Resign
Out of desperation
Don’t think tifo is a fan of Ronaldo given their latest video
ahem!!
Meanwhile Mbappe: chuckles,I'm leaving 😆
6:05
Tifo GOATED Messi 😎💯
When your commercial sponsors are so tightly linked to the ownership, the renegotiations of financial agreements - that cover all costs - should be a fairly simple process.
Hater
Wot?
@@mkjuny_rl9818 projecting
@@mariolisa2832 The owners of the club, also own the majority of the companies that provide sponsorship.
Therefore, it is fairly easy to ask for more money to cover costs...and there is now a precedent with Juve having done it, to make it acceptable.
Remember that Mbappé stated a few months ago he wanted a more competitive team to win the CL. Funny he still wants to leave after PSG made a dream team this summer
PSG president also declined to participate in the super league because he is also chairman of Bein Sport! Bein had just signed a HUGE long-term contrat with the Champion League!! TIFO,, you should know this!! Your journalism is becoming a little lazy these days!
he's a Qatari puppet
It's funny how Neymar shifted to PSG for getting out of Messi's shadow
that's not even true lol u believe everything marca writes?
@@masa4O3O yea he looked so happy
Did Neymar or his brother personally tell you that?
Nothing wrong with that. Doesn't mean Messi isn't his friend but sometimes you need a break.
I've been waiting for his video!!
Your animations have been awesome as of late👍
And we're expecting a video from Tifo soon about Mbappe to Madrid and Cristiano Ronaldo's to Manchester transfer.
I bet neither of them will happen this year...Ronaldo will never go and mbappe for free next year
Mbappe really wants to go now, besides its not about the money, it's about sending a message
@@123Todayy agree. both Mbappe & cr7 transfers will happen this august
@@supingo3339 About that...
@@MikoyanGurevichMiG21 I kinda guessed it
2:50 so true, I used to go to Barca every year just to see the football and messi, then id go around the city
Man i wish city hadn't sign Grealish. It would have been interesting to see Messi again with pep.
Messi and Ronaldo in the same team? No chance.
@@sibadas6006 this comment has aged like cheese
If only bartomeu allowed messi to leave last year , city would have signed him and they would win the cl for sure.
One player affected the whole la liga, thats the power of messi nd ronaldo
Mr. Krabs: “Money!”
That ending man😱😱😱
Tifo having a field day in this transfer window
"including arguably the greatest player in the sports" Eterno
In normal life:"Sometimes money is power"
In football, however:"Oil Money is the power"
The richest clubs with money have always been the power since the dawn of time
Juc bcoz its oil money is the richest does not change the fact
Oil is still the most crucial substance today, those who owns oil monopoly have the money and possibly the power as well, that is why clubs that are owned by Oil executives or oil company owners have stable income and have no to little fear of losses or liability, whereas rich clubs that aren't owned by oil executives would expect losses or debts even they have signed and pay star players for large sums of money, also mediocre or losing season will result in hurting or crippling the club financial. Look at Real, the club is not owned by oil guys, so they have to let go some of their star and young players so they could sign Mbappe for large sum of money. From 2009 to 2018 they spent a lot of money in buying and paying players and salary respectively but the result they won 8 major titles in that time span and then they have to let some of these players go to recover the money they spent for them or other players.
Since the Messi signing, the number of PSG fans has grown exponentially. It's fact
Where is that data?
Who will disappear in 2-3 years...
Jersey sales also, they will recover whole salary of messi very quickly
Do you know what exponential means
It’ll decrease once that contract ends lmao
You’ll see LA galaxy or NYCFC’s fanbase skyrocket once Messi signs for them
The thumbnail of this video pretty much answers the title
Watching after the World Cup. Amazingly prescient
Yey!! Silky voice is back
Oil Cashico in the UCL group stages!!!!!
Oil-Naldo vs Pessi
@@sibadas6006 well, will you retract your words now?
@@sibadas6006 ah yes yes nothing g
@@Zeratul187 all the money in the sovereign fund... originally came from oil/gas also 😉
I’m sorry to say this but the other narrator you use sometimes needs to step up his game. The difference is HUGE, tone, cadence and pace is a whole different experience. This is just buttery smooth. Looking forward to see your mbappe to Real Vídeo! Thanks
Michael Jordan earns 5% for every PSG shirt sold and since Messi has arrived he's earned over 7 million dollars on Messi shirts alone
I wonder what would have been the scenes if bartomeu sold messi to man City for £200m last season ... I'm sure there would have been some protests but Barcelona would have been in a better situation financially
Messi was willing to leave so the protests wouldn't have been too violent
Messi wanted to leave on a free, also if you do that as president the next day you would be fired.
Why is Tifo doing a promotion video for Qatar? Have they never heard of the kafala system? Tifo is getting worse by the video.
By the way, the Athletic wrote that Messi get 35 M€ net pr. year, but now it is 25 M€ net pr. year in Tifo. Can't you guys talk to each other?
No PSG didn't stay out the Super League, because they are the good guys. They stayed out because they are hosting the World Cup next year. Why would they wan't to anger UEFA and FIFA, when there is already pressure to move the WC away from Qatar... Further more Khelaffi is one of the most powerful people in UEFA and BeIn Sports is a major rights holder regarding EUFA tournaments.
In general PSG will never hold an initial interest in a Super League, as it levels the playing field, and infringes on their position as the wealthiest club in the world, and even more importantly, gives the "traditional clubs" a way of installing their own and more strict FFP rules.
As far as I know, neither Milan, Real Madrid, Liverpool or Barcelona got anything from PSG signing their former players on a free transfer, so no, they did not bail anyone out, they just increased the wage levels of European football once again. Why are you celebrating that?
2:50 so true, the reason why i always wanted to go to Barcelona was Barca and Messi, now that Barca is no longer on their prime, I always think that "Hey, at the very least i can see Messi!" But now even Messi is gone, now I don't have any motivation to go to Barcelona anymore.
Who asked?
I want to ask tifo a question
Why players from 80s and early 90s are less focused from the other eras.
From 70s people discuss about Cruyff,Beckenbauer,Muller etc.
From late 90s we hear people talking about Ronaldo,Maldini,Zidane etc.
But from that era people hardly discuss about Romario,Baggio,Mattheus,Van basten,Gullit,Rijkaard etc.
The only player that gets much needed attention is Maradona. Can you tell me what is the reason?
You forgot Zico and Platini
Hmm
probably not alot of access to the internet
Why is nobody taliking abt hw psg refusal to join super league made them able to handpick stars from super league teams
€ 1 million per week + bonuses + add ons + image rights
🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
Next: How Man City signed Cristiano Ronaldo
Edit: How Man United signed Cristiano Ronaldo again
Because he actually wanted to go to a real league instead of thinking about 💰🤑
Man wants to win big trophies and awards new
@@kingdj2451 Facts . Pessi is a moneydog
Do Liverpool need 'bailing out'? Barca and Inter selling left, right and centre, but are Liverpool in debt to any significant degree in comparison? Because of the lack of money due to Covid, Liverpool saw an opportunity to gain that back, and more, and also not wanting to be 'left out', signed up to the farce. Spurs, Man Utd and Arsenal owe a lot more compared to Liverpool, yet Liverpool are mentioned ahead of them. Mmm Though debt is not welcome, I would say Liverpool are one of the better run clubs amongst Europe's top teams.
As for PSG passing on the farce league, it is easy to do when you are backed by an Oil rich country. You then also become a bigger fish if those teams involved leave the current set up, especially if that league is not sanctioned in any way by UEFA/FIFA.
Finally joe is back!
Messi is just another mercenary.
Guess who's back. Big Joe😎
City going for Ronaldo is just those owners trying to reply to what psg did with Messi
yea absolutely nothing to do with the calibre of player Ronaldo is or the fact he wants to leave juve
@@rxtha507 Ronaldo was an even better players years ago and he wanted to leave juve for a while so no
@@rxtha507 Ronaldo has been much better than Messi in the UCLs, and he is heading to the most competitive league in his later years, meanwhile Messi heading to the farmers league.
City is just a btec psg
@@ameyamurkute not this btec psg defeating psg H2H since 2015🤫
How FFP stop mattering
You forgot to name Icardi when you was mentioning all the Argentines 😂😂😂
He doesn't join the super league because the president of the next world cup home country can not leave fifa...not because he is a good guy
This not only good for psg but league 1 itself
There's a theory, or at least some logic, implying the arm wrestling of influences behind PSG not following suit to the super league. Since conceded the world Cup, Qatar has some non explicit bond with FIFA and whichever interests they see better, like their competitions not losing weight to the club game, or maintaining the status quo of conferences' power over international cups.
bro financial fair play is a joke, there is no way a club can keep neymar, mbappe, messi, ramos, navas, di maria, verratti etc without having external sources of money
"Arguably the best player in sports history". No needed that is what synonyms the Messi name. 🔥
Keep telling yourself that at night.
Maybe best ever barca player but that's it .
@@varunbisht8576 you know he is
@@LucianC137 Not night, there have been plenty of praises by other greats at daylight too.
Expecting a video regarding the rumours that the Qatari’s wish to buy Arsenal. What are the possibilities?
They are going for Manchester United
“Partly financial” whom are you kidding?
GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR FRIENDS AMEN 😇😇😇😇😇
can u nake video on how super league made psg more powerful in football world
The only reason why PSG refused to join super league is because they are guaranteed to make it to the champions league every year due to the poor level of competition in Ligue 1.
No, it's because they want to win the champions league, not delete it..
Just curious was it possible for man city to buy messi this summer?
If they didn't sign Grealish they probably could have. Messi would have more wages but no transfer fee. It's unclear what kind of agent fees PSG paid but I'm sure it's less than 100m
Fabrizio reported that messi turned down psg and city since he wanted to sign contract with Barca. That's why city went for grealish
City weren’t willing to disrupt their wages for Messi
@@bluest.9320 and they are for Ronaldo? They would have probably found a way
So was psg the only option for messi?
Leandro, not Leonardo Paredes!
Did you mean: How much?
8 mins and already 1k views..mad
It's Leandro, not Leonardo Paredes.
Griezmann has to leave Spain for his own safety I’m afraid
Bassically they have a lot of connections & money
How are Newcastle United related to Qatar?
Now make a video on how United signed Ronaldo
Your animation crew is cool but have them work on their "nose skills" please
Joe❤
Did you really get the French flag wrong at 1:22?
THE 2022 WORLD CUP THAT MESSI WON😎🌍
Didn't mention Icardi..... Really wondering why.
Jorge messi lukn fresher than everyone
This move only proves that the superleague is needed, if that doesnt happen the premier league will become the superleague itself
I’m not one bit wiser!
Gini crucial? Hardly. We aren't exactly missing him. The latest in a long line of average midfielders who are lauded for 'dirty work' by casuals who want to pretend they know more about the game than make big goal make win. He contributed very little to our success as did Can before him and his loss has only gone to show just how replaceable these busywork midfielders are in the modern game.
Football once was about a Team and a Sport, now it's all about money, sponsors, investors, corps. Nothing wrong w those, but this isn't what this Sport was intended for. This is NOT the NFL, this is NOT Tiger WOODS. THS IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GAME!!!
he should've signed for man city, a year earlier
Too bad Manchester City doesn't have Head of sponsorship that see the commercial potential of signing CR.
Paris Saint German signed Barcelona Fc Legendary and World best player for free
0:50 Where is icardi? 🤣🤣🤣
Not close to Messi 🙃
3:35 wow griezmann was done dirty by Tifo lmao
Next: How United re-sign Ronaldo?
Went on to win the world cup.
And then Messi went on to win the Qatar World Cup
Why is messi's thumbnail animation looking like vikstarr123
If PSG don't start winning in the champions league with that front 3 I don't think they ever will😂
Football is not just about the front three
@@jaloons8372 yeah but that’s the icing on the cake, they also have players like donarumma, Hakimi, Ramos and that’s just new signings
@@jaloons8372 Yes, but when you have arguably the best 3 players in the world, you should get some results:D Of course it wouldn't matter if their defense would be abysmal, but it is not.
@@-AxisA- yeah but when u are defending with 7 players because messi neymar mbappe will not go back, it is enough for league 1 but not in UCL
@@jaloons8372 Of course attackers have to do some defending, for example marking, but it's not as crucial as with midlefielders and defenders, so I don't agree with your statement there.
I guess by offering him contract??
Can't wait for the next video. "How Man Utd Re-signed Ronaldo"
Never gonna happen 😄 🤣
It took you over 6 minutes to say "financial doping"?
Atletico Madrid sensible transfers please. Striker
@@sombuddhaash596 I think we need a video
@@ShinChan-bi7tv They got Mateus Cunha, didn't they?
@@azlankhan4172 he is not a striker
*We will soon see a video on "How Man City signed Cristiano Ronaldo"*
And then in July 'How Man City failed to sign the players they actually needed, making vanity signings instead, and won absolutely nothing'.
Going to love that.
@@gentleken7864 as a united fan I hope this happens
He come to Paris nobody want to come to England no more except english players
Do anyone know how much did psg pay for messi to join...?
PSG refused to bail out Liverpool mmmm
To be honest I had no idea who Mpee was before Messi signed to PSG.
Before this I thought about PSG as the country were Neymar just went to be a big fish in a small pond and nothing else
real question, do you watch football?
Nice, now do how Manchester United Cristiano Ronaldo
For free is the answer
LOL @ your pronounciation of Nasser Al-Khelaifi
PSG signed messi the same way Mullah Baradar the head of taliban fed himself while living in Qatar : Qatar State money.
Hater
Cry
80%
Percentage of United fans who now think Messi is better than Ronaldo
😂👍
Neymar now understands that he can't win everything of his own like how messi and ronaldo can.
hmm did ronaldo win the champion league at juventus because he was on his own? did messi win the champion league after neymar left hmm no players can win on their won if that's the case then ronaldo would have won a world cup and 5 euros!
In other words, the winner of the first and only edition of the Superleague was Paris SG.