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Crazy! Messi turns down 1.4 billion euro offer
Simply crazy! As Anmar Al Haili, president of Saudi Arabian champions Al-Hilal, reveals, the club wanted to lure superstar Lionel Messi to the desert with an offer of 1.4 billion euros. However, the Argentinian famously opted for a move to the USA.
When Lionel Messi's contract in Paris expired in the summer of 2023, numerous clubs were angling for the exceptional player from Argentina. Including Saudi champions Al-Hilal. "We made him an offer of 1.4 billion euros," club boss Anmar Al Haili told NIBC.
But the desert club turned him down. "He turned it down because his family wanted to go to America," said Al Haili. Messi moved to Inter Miami and signed a contract until the end of December 2025.
Surprising rejection
In any case, Al-Haili had not expected Messi to turn him down. It was "surprising" for him "that a player could turn down such a huge offer for the sake of his family. We respect that, because family is more important than money."
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