Lionel Messi has revealed he has no regrets about swapping Barcelona for PSG and that he's 'very happy' in the French capital, despite a relatively slow start to life in Ligue 1.
The Argentine shocked world football in August when he left Barcelona after 21 years with the Catalan giants - 16 of which in the first team - to move to PSG after the Blaugrana admitted they could not afford to keep him.
Barca president Joan Laporta revealed the club had recorded a £409 million loss last year, pushing the debt up to over £1 billion and forcing the club to part ways with their greatest ever player.
Lionel Messi said he has no regrets about leaving Barcelona for PSG in the summer
'Barca issued the statement saying that I was not going to continue and from that point on I started to wonder how I was going to bounce back,' Messi told France Football.
'I had to find a new club to continue my career.'
Laporta said that had Messi remained on Barcelona's books, the club's wage bill would have amounted to 110 percent of their income this season.
The six-time Ballon d'Or winner had offered to take a 50 percent pay cut to remain at the Nou Camp, but not even that would have eased Barcelona's deep financial woes.
Messi bid an emotional farewell in the summer, with the club unable to afford to keep him
The Argentine said he was 'won over' by PSG's project before agreeing to the move
Messi immediately became the most sought-after free agent in football and revealed that while several clubs came knocking, it didn't long for him to be won over by PSG's offer.
'I was lucky to be contacted by several clubs including PSG.
' I am grateful to the club because from the start they treated me very well,' he explained.
'They showed they really wanted me and took care of me.
Messi opened his account for PSG with a stunning goal in a 2-0 win over Manchester City
In Paris, the Argentine has been reunited with former Barcelona teammate Neymar
