CBS: Saudi Arabia is willing to give Messi the biggest contract in sports history, he can choose Saudi United team to join

According to CBS, although many parties expect Messi to complete a contract renewal with Miami International, Saudi Arabia will still make its last attempt and hope to sign Messi.

Saudi will still strive to bring him to Saudi United before Messi officially renews his contract with Miami International. According to CBS, the plan has accelerated last month, and the Saudi sovereign wealth fund Public Investment Fund (PIF) is leading the matter. If Messi can be persuaded to leave the United States and go to Saudi Arabia, PIF is ready to offer the richest contract in sports history.

Messi will also be given the right to choose the club freely. The AFC Champions League champion Jeddah Nationals is the team that has been mentioned the most frequently. But CBS learned that if formal negotiations to transfer to Saudi United begin, Messi will be allowed to choose freely among the four PIF clubs: Jeddah Nationals, Jeddah United, Riyadh Crescent and Riyadh Victory.

If Messi wants to play alongside Kanter and Benzema in the defending champions team, he can choose Jeddah United. If he chooses to transfer to Saudi Arabia, Riyadh victory will definitely promote him the picture of becoming a teammate with Ronaldo, with two historic players playing for the same team. There are also people inside the PIF who are eager to see Messi wear the Riyadh crescent jersey, so that the Riyadh crescent vs. Riyadh derby will become Saudi Arabia's national derby.

But compared with the summer of 2023, Saudi Arabia is more cautious in planning Messi to join. At that time, PIF had firmly believed that they had successfully signed Messi, so that on the afternoon of the day when the news of Messi reaching an agreement with Miami International was exposed, the private plane was still on standby, preparing to send Messi and his father to Riyadh to sign a contract with Riyadh Crescent.

Now, Saudi sources expect Messi to renew his contract with Miami International. Much of the preparations done in recent weeks are also seen as just preparing for a possibility that Miami International may not be able to successfully renew Messi. But even if Messi finally renews his contract, Saudi Arabia's interest will continue and will remain with Messi until he retires.