Saudi Pro League side Al Hilal have set a date to announce the signing of Paris Saint-Germain attacker Lionel Messi.
According to Sport, the Pro League giants would announce the signing of the 35-year-old on June 6.
The newspaper says that the Saudi Pro League giants have set this as the date to have Messi’s final yes wrapped up and to formulate plans for the announcement.
It has been confirmed that the Argentine has left PSG after their final league game over the weekend and the Saudi side wants to share the groundbreaking news of the Argentine icon’s arrival.
The 35-year-old made his final appearance in Parisian colours on June 3 when PSG were defeated by lowly rated Clermont Foot at the Parc des Princes.
Barcelona are still interested in sealing the 2022 FIFA World Cup winner’s return to Camp Nou.
However, the Catalan giants are not currently in a position to offer their former superstar a final offer while Al Hilal are pulling out all the stops to secure his signature.
Al-Za’eem are prepared to make Messi the highest-paid player in the world, trumping his longtime rival Cristiano Ronaldo’s €200 million per year deal with Al Nassr.
They are putting a €400 million per year salary proposal on the table.