PSG president says Messi happy at Paris, striker's future at club to be discussed after FIFA WC

Paris SaintGermain PSG president Nasser AlKhelaifi is confident that star striker Lionel Messi will extend his contract with the side when they discuss his future in January next year after the ongoing FIFA World CupAs per Sky Sports Messi is out of contract in summer Recent reports suggest that he could be heading to Major League Soccer MLS in United States The PSG president instead insisted that Messi is happy in PSG where he is having a great season with Ligue 1 leadersDefinitely He is very happy you can see that with the national team If a player is not happy you will see their performance is not good for the national team He performed fantastic this season for us he has scored a lot of goals and assists for the national team and for the club said Nasser to Sky SportsSo what we agreed together that after the World Cup sit down together But both sides our side of the club and him are very happy so we will talk after the World Cup added the presidentAlso readFIFA World Cup 2022 Dutch ready for Messi affairAnother player who will be out of deal at the end of campaign though Manchester United has an option to extend the deal by a year is Marcus Rashford The English player has been impressive in the ongoing FIFA World Cup and has scored three goalsNasser confirmed that his club is had been in talks with player in past and many clubs would be chasing his signatures in case he is a free agent in the summerAlKhelaifi confirmed his club had been in touch with the player previously and said if Rashford was to be a free agent in the summer he would have lots of clubs chasing his signature including PSGNegotiations could start from January if PSG goes ahead with the persuasion of dealHe is another player that is really amazing said AlKhelaifi And for free To have Rashford for free every club would run after him definitelyWe are not hiding it we spoke before and interest But the moment was not a good moment for both sides Maybe summer why notToday if he is a free agent of course we can talk to him directly but we are not going to talk to him now Let him focus on the World Cup Then after in January hopefully if we are interested we will talk to him concluded NasserPSG has also been a potential destination for free agent striker Cristiano Ronaldo who recently parted ways with Manchester United But Nasser called a potential deal as impossibleHe is a legend hes a star The footballer I admire and love him as a player and professional A fantastic player 37 now he is doing amazing But every single club wants to sign him too The problem today for us is we have the position filled his position so it is not easy to replace the position that we have with him It would be impossible honestly for us said NasserThe fivetime winner of the Ballon dOr who had a frustrating season at Manchester United doing regular bench duty startled the world with an interview in which he took aim at the Manchester United board and manager Erik ten Hag Ronaldo criticized the club its owners Glazer family and said he has no respect for its manager ten HagRonaldos tumultuous departure was inevitable and he arrived at a mutual agreement with the club that made him a star The departure from the club happened days after the interviewThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever