Messi sets sights on Champions League 'dream' after PSG unveiling
Lionel Messi has set his sights on more Champions League glory after being unveiled as a Paris Saint-Germain player on Wednesday as hundreds of fans gathered outside the club's stadium hoping to see their new idol.
The 34-year-old Argentinian superstar was presented to media from all over the world at a news conference at the Parc des Princes after arriving in the French capital the previous day and penning a two-year contract with the option of a third season.
PSG quickly emerged as the favorites to sign Messi following the shock of his departure last week from Barcelona and he arrives eyeing a fifth Champions League, with the most recent of his four victories with his old club coming in 2015.
Messi was given a hero's welcome when he arrived in Paris on Tuesday, greeting supporters at Le Bourget airport to the north of the city and waving from the balcony of the plush hotel where he is staying near the Champs Elysees.
PSG are reportedly paying 35 million euros ($41 million) a year to Messi, who will wear the number 30 jersey -- fans were already queueing up outside the club's different shops in the capital on Wednesday morning to buy the shirt with his name and number on the back.
Messi made no secret of his sadness at leaving Barca, the only club he has so far represented in his 17-year professional career, as he gave a tearful news conference at the Camp Nou last weekend. But on Wednesday, he appeared unfazed as he emerged, immaculately turned out, to talk to media and said he was looking forward to getting started in his new home.
