 Six-time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi has broken down in tears during a news conference following his surprise departure from FC Barcelona after the club said it could no longer afford paying its Argentine talismans high wages without jeopardising its future. Messi did not say what his immediate plans were but French newspaper Loquip reported on Friday that he was said to join Paris Saint-Germain after its manager Mauricio Pochettino told reporters that Messi was an option. On the first day, Barcelona said that 34-year-old will leave the club despite both parties having reached an agreement over a new contract citing economic and structural obstacles to the renewal of the deal. A Messi who joined Barcelona's youth setup age 13 is the club's old-time top scorer and appearance maker with 672 goals and 778 games in all competitions. His last contract signed in 2017 was the most lucrative in world sport according to a January report in newspaper El Mundo. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.