Lionel Messi: business from Nasser al-Khelaifi, who signed the Argentine for PSG | International

Nasser al-Khelaifi has made all your dreams come true. This 47-year-old billionaire Qatari sheikh was in charge of breaking the football transaction market by bringing Neymar to the Paris Saint Germain family. Without any problem, he disbursed 222 million euros in 2017 to hire him.

Now it makes the unthinkable come true: sign Lionel Messi and match him with his constellation of stars.

Nasser represented Qatar in the Davis Cup and was the most successful in his country in that tournament, between 1992 and 2002. In 2002, he managed to occupy box 995 of the Association of Professional Tennis Players (ATP).

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But what he did not have with his right hand in tennis he achieved, and with plenty of conditions, as a businessman. He was the top leader of the Qatar Tennis Federation and is now honorary president of the Asian Federation.

The Qatari sheikh, owner of an estate of more than 16,000 million dollars,
founded Bein Media Group, communication company in your country.

Al-Khelaifi holds the position of President of Qatar Sports Investments, which has investments in soccer teams in Europe.

In October 2011, another of his companies, Qatar Investment Authority, paid $ 60 million for 70% of PSG, and the sheikh was named team president. Years later, the firm bought the remaining 30%.

In his first year as PSG president, Al-Khelaifi invested $ 130 million in recruiting figures. However, it did not reach him and the team finished second, behind Montpellier.

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Since his arrival, the tycoon has hired top-level footballers.

It is estimated that it has spent 1,364 million euros on purchases, Among which stand out those of Neymar (222 million), Kylian Mbappé (145), Edinson Cavani (64.5), Ángel Di María (63) and Achraf Hakimi (60). Now he takes the biggest diamond: Messi.

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