VIDEO: Argentine star Messi reaches Paris to finalise PSG deal

Gulf Today Report

With an aim to finalise his transfer to French League giants Paris Sainst Germain (PSG), six-time Ballon d'Or winner and Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi landed in Paris on Tuesday.

Messi's plane touched down at Le Bourget airport on the outskirts of the French capital, according to reports.

Jorge Messi arrives at El Prat airport in Barcelona. AFP

Messi gave no details of the deal to reporters as he arrived at Barcelona airport, days after the Spanish club said it could not afford to keep him because of La Liga's fair play rules.

Jorge Messi was surrounded by journalists when he arrived at the airport shortly before his son to catch a flight to Paris.

PSG have spent the last few days trying to finalise an agreement to sign Messi following his departure from Barcelona, the club he has represented for the entirety of his 17-year professional career so far.

Messi conceded at a tearful farewell news conference in Barcelona on Sunday that joining PSG was only a "possibility".

Lionel Messi arrives at El Prat airport in Barcelona. AFP

Asked if the player was sad to be leaving Barcelona, Jorge Messi said: "Didn't you see him?."

When asked whose fault it was that six-time Ballon d'Or winner was leaving the Catalan side, he said: "Ask the club."