Lionel Messi effect: Paris Saint Germain gains bulk followers on Instagram

Ground Report | New Delhi: Lionel Messi effect; Lionel Messi hasn't yet taken the field at Le Bourget airport on Monday, but PSG has seen the strength of the Messi brand in recent times, especially on their social networks. PSG has over 4 million new accounts following on its Instagram pages, In just 6 hours followers increased to 43 million from 39 million.

In no time, Paris Saint-Germain's Instagram account has grown to 20 million followers. As soon as the news of Messi joining the Internet broke, the account had 8,154 posts and 19.8 million followers, but the number of followers began to grow dramatically and now has over 40.2 million followers with 8.170 posts.

Lionel Messi has completed his free transfer to Paris Saint-Germain following the expiration of his contract at Barcelona. It is understood the 34-year-old Messi will be paid a €25 million sign-on fee and has signed a two-year contract with a net salary of €25 million a year.

The PSG club has been busy finalizing an agreement for the past few days following Messi's departure from Barcelona. Messi admitted at his farewell news conference in Barcelona on Sunday that he's joining the PSG was only a "possibility". On this occasion, football stars also became obsessed.

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Lionel Messi effect: Germain gains bulk followers

Messi, who has won four Champions League titles and 10 domestic league titles with Barcelona, ​​joins several other big names arriving at PSG on a free transfer this summer.

Spain defender Sergio Ramos was no longer wanted at Real Madrid, Dutch midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum had his contract terminated with Liverpool, and Italy's Euro 2020 winning goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma also joined after his contract with AC Milan expired. Were.

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Former Barcelona and PSG midfielder Ronaldinho wished Messi "many moments of happiness" on Tuesday. The pair played together in Barcelona between 2004 and 2008.

"It's a great pleasure to play in these two clubs and now see my friend wearing this shirt, may there be many moments of happiness Leo!" Ronaldinho said on Twitter. “I am also very happy to have my teammate @sergioramos and a super cast in the team, I feel champions,” he said.

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