Saudi Arabia does not give up. Messi is really to join Cristiano Ronaldo

Saudi Arabia is committed to becoming one of the 'capitals' of global football, with the aim of strengthening its bid to organize the 2030 World Cup, and is already studying the next step.

The British television station Sky Sports reports that, after the arrival of the Portuguese international Cristiano Ronaldo to Al Nassr, the objective is to attract more stars, among them... Lionel Messi, who is negotiating the renewal of the current contract with PSG , which ends in June.

The publication adds that Al Hilal will even be willing to make the Argentine the best paid player in the world, offering him, for that, a salary of more than 200 million pounds - 227.6 million euros - per year.

On the table are also plans to recruit some of the biggest names in the sport, such as Mohamed Salah, from Liverpool, and Kevin de Bruyne, from Manchester City.