Lionel Messi has advised his soon-to-be ex-Paris Saint-Germain teammate Kylian Mbappe regarding endless transfer rumors about the French star.
"I'd prefer you go to Barça, but if you want to go to Madrid, do it. You deserve a real, winning project," Messi allegedly told Mbappe.
Mbappe is currently at odds with PSG management when he declined his option with the club for the 2024-25 season, making him a free agent in June 2024. The French star insists that he is happy with PSG and plans to stay for the upcoming 2023-24 season.
However, the club does not want to lose the 24-year-old for nothing next year, and they will be forced to sell him this summer if he doesn't activate his 2024-25 option.
Messi's recommendation for Mbappe might be a surprise, as Real Madrid is the biggest rival of his boyhood club Barcelona, with whom he spent his entire football career until 2021.
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Messi and Mbappe: Two Biggest Stars
Messi and Mbappe may have been club teammates for the last two years in PSG, but the two faced off on the sport's biggest stage - the 2022 FIFA World Cup Final.
The match is one of the most-watched television events in history, with over 1.5 billion people tuning in to the game and over half of the world engaged with 5 billion people.
The match ended level at 3-3, with Messi scoring two of Argentina's goals, while Mbappe became the second player to score a hat-trick in the World Cup final.
Argentina came out on top of France after the penalty shootout, and the final is regarded as one of the greatest matches in history.
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