Soccer superstar Messi seals $41 million a year deal with PSG, eyes Champions League win

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World soccer superstar Lionel Messi said on Wednesday he is "dreaming" of winning a fifth Champions League after signing a two-year contract with Paris Saint-Germain (PSG).</p>
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Messi is set to earn approximately 35 million euros ($41m) a year net, Associated Press news agency reported, citing sources in the know of the deal.</p>
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"I have said my dream is to win another Champions League and I think I'm in the ideal place to have that chance and to do it," he said at the function to announce his formally joining PSG.  </p>
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The 34-year-old claimed the last of his European titles with former side Barcelona in 2015, while the Qatar-owned Parisians are yet to clinch the continent's elite club competition.</p>
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Messi was a free agent after leaving boyhood side Barca at the weekend because of their financial predicament.</p>
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Police had a difficult time controlling the huge rush of fans at the airport as they lunged forward to get a better view. He then travelled into Paris with a police escort that included several black-clad officers on motorbikes.</p>
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Hundreds of fans gathered outside the Parc des Princes on Wednesday with supporters queueing near the club shop on the Champs Elyseees to buy Messi shirts.</p>
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Messi will wear the number 30, as revealed in a video by the club, the number he had when he began his professional career at Barcelona between 2004-2006.</p>