After the Messi coup, the suggestion of a triangle that could change the geography of football A trident with the Argentine, CR7 and Neymar seems like science fiction, but Paris has no limits
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A diamond is not forever. Barcelona understood this with Messi, crying for a farewell that no one could ever have imagined, but soon it could be PSG and Juventus having to give up two champions who for years have made their fans shine with joy. And the intertwining is not accidental since, exactly two weeks after the end of this strange market, a real earthquake could take Kylian Mbappé and Cristiano Ronaldo away from Paris and Turin.
After weeks of rumors and rumors, something is moving more concretely in a triangle that can change the geography of the ball. Real Madrid have accelerated their maneuvers to sign Mbappé, who has not yet renewed his contract with the French club (expires in June 2022) and may feel overshadowed by the arrival of Messi, while Jorge Mendes is on a mission to bring CR7 under the Tour Eiffel and let him win his sixth Champions.
An alliance between Florentino Perez and the Portuguese champion’s prosecutor would not be so unnatural, even more so in a context where the war for the Super League has redesigned friendship and rivalry, but the last word belongs to Sheikh Nasser Al-Khelaifi. The PSG president does not want to sell Mbappé, let alone Real, and has already sent precise messages to the French talent after building the Dream Team with the signing of Messi. In Spain, however, they argue that the poised striker asked the club to be sold immediately and in the PSG some managers would be thinking about the possibility of satisfying him also to avoid losing the French star at zero euros in ten months.
In this scenario, Juventus does not slip in and wait. Relations with Ronaldo have been practically normalized, it is no coincidence that Allegri speaks of CR7 as “an added value” and not of the strongest player in the world (unlike Sarri and Pirlo) after seeing him parading in the locker room when he replaced him against Atalanta, while Mendes has been moving for some time to find another team after these three bittersweet years with Juventus. With the returns to Real and United being discarded, the possibilities that lead to PSG and – in part – to City remain. A trident with Messi, Ronaldo and Neymar may sound like science fiction, but in Paris there are no limits to dreams and money. In the event of the departure of their 35-year-old striker, however, the Juventus managers think of Gabriel Jesus and Mauro Icardi as potential substitutes. The Brazilian center forward of the City is ready to change the air, even more so with the arrival of Harry Kane from Tottenham, while the Argentine former Inter Milan risks ending up even more on the sidelines of PSG in the event of Ronaldo landing. The domino effect can be unleashed soon and perhaps also for this reason Juve is now in a hurry to close the Locatelli deal with Sassuolo, finding the right formula after the agreement on the price tag (35 million all inclusive). Now the market comes alive. –