LIONEL Messi will stay at Paris Saint-Germain for at least one more season as the club prepare to build the team around the Argentine, most likely under a new manager.
Despite being crowned Ligue 1 champions on Saturday with four games to spare, PSG are considering the futures of both head coach Mauricio Pochettino and sporting director Leonardo, Sky Sports News understands.
The club’s owners remain unsatisfied with the team’s performance in the Champions League, having been knocked out at the last-16 stage by Real Madrid, despite putting together arguably the world’s most formidable front three of Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe.
Messi completed the trio on a free transfer from Barcelona last summer in the hope of challenging for the Champions League, although he understood it would be difficult to lift that trophy in his first season at the Parc des Princes, Sky Sports News has been told.
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