According to Guillem Balague, a BBC Sport columnist, Lionel Messi has signed a two-year agreement to join Paris St-Germain after his shock departure from Barcelona.The agreement, which includes the option to extend for a third year at no additional cost, is subjected to medical review.The 34-year old Argentina captain quit Barca, the only club for which he had ever played, because they couldn't afford a new deal according to La Liga's financial fair playing rules.Mauricio Pochettino's PSG came second to Lille in Ligue 1 this season.It's all confirmed. Balague stated that Lionel Messi will be a PSG player on BBC Radio 5 Live. It's done. It happened in the last few seconds."At the moment, there is as many police officers as there are stadium fans. This will change very soon. Eight cameras are present, but that will change. It looks like it's a two-year contract, plus one."His original idea was to do it in Barcelona, but it's going be PSG. If he feels okay, he might stay another year. His goal is to stay at PSG, then to perform well in the Qatar World Cup.Photos of Lionel Messi being taken down at Nou CampHe is considered one of the greatest ever players, scoring a record 672 goals in 778 matches for Barca, which he joined when he was 13 years old.He won the Ballon d'Or a record six time and was awarded 35 trophies by the Catalan club.One of the most notable captures in football history was the signing of Messi, who would be reunited at Parc des Princes with his former Barca team-mate Neymar.He will be playing in the front three with two of the most expensive players ever - Neymar Mbappe and Kylian Mabappe.He will be the fourth PSG free-transfer signing, barring any unexpected problems.Inter Milan also welcomed Achraf Hakimi, a highly rated right-back from Morocco.PSG have yet to win the Champions League after a decade of Qatari ownership, heavy investment and subsequent heavy losses. The 2020 final defeat against Bayern Munich was their closest attempt.Balague stated: "Clearly, what PSG's owners want is a champion league final team every year.""With Messi, you have an advantage. Pochettino is in charge, and his contract has been renewed. This means that they know how to achieve that goal. Messi will help them do it.They will win the league. That's almost a given, even though they lost last year. He will be fresh for the Champions League campaign because it will be less competitive.Messi had previously agreed to a new deal, on 50% of his wages, to remain at Barcelona. However, the club couldn't afford to implement the agreement because they were far beyond the wage limit set by La Liga."He used to make 140m euros gross per year at Barca. That's about 125m," Balague said. Take off 40-50% tax."He accepted to stay at Barcelona by reducing the wages of 50%. It's not illegal under Spanish law to do this. The league would not believe that he was cutting his wages to zero. This is something Barcelona might have attempted to do since they are 1bn euro in debt. They simply cannot afford him."If the deal is done quickly, he might make his PSG debut at Strasbourg home on Saturday.
