Argentine football superstar Lionel Messi’s move to spend the final years of his stellar career in Saudi Arabia, according to a source close to the negotiations, will come as a crushing blow to Barcelona fans who dreamed of a return to the club that nurtured him.
In fact, 35-year-old Messi will be following a well-trodden path of the greats of the ‘Beautiful Game’ by taking a lucrative pay day in football’s backwaters.
Here AFP Sport picks out four examples:
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