After being spotted dining with PSG players just 24 hours before it was made public that he had radically changed his mind about re-signing with Barcelona, Lionel Messi’s 21-year reign at the Nou Camp may be coming to an end.

The Catalan team has been negotiating to re-sign their club legend long after his contract expired, but they have been struggling to find the wage money to sustain him.

Messi apparently changed his mind after growing “unhappy” with his salary reduction and the quality of the current team, and the club has stated that he will not be joining them for the upcoming season. Messi had started negotiations with President Joan Laporta with the expectation that he would promise his future.

A picture of him eating supper with PSG players that went viral may also be a sign of his sudden change of heart. He was spotted alongside former Barcelona teammate Neymar, Argentina teammates Angel Di Maria and Leandro Paredes, and Italian prodigy Marco Verratti.

Neymar, who has previously led appeals for Messi to join him in Paris, shared a photo of the five out in Ibiza with the caption, “Amigos,” which garnered nearly six million likes.

His grins with the PSG players will intensify speculation that the Parc de Princes may be Messi’s next destination after it was announced that he will be officially leaving the Nou Camp after just over 20 years.

Messi almost quit the squad last summer after sending a burofax to Barca expressing his desire to leave, but previous president Josep Bartomeu insisted that any club would have to pay his 700 million euro release clause. But he reluctantly decided to stay.

Neymar then fueled the fire by admitting that he was eager to play with Messi again after they bonded so well at Barcelona.

“I want nothing more than to play with Messi again and be able to enjoy him on the field once more,” Neymar said in December.

“If he plays in my place, I don’t mind at all.” But I’d really like to play with him the next year. We have to do it next season.

Di Maria, who is also in the photo, said in April that it would be “wonderful” to play alongside Messi at the club level since his contract was coming to an end.

Based on all I’ve witnessed over my career, I think Leo is from another planet. “Having him as a teammate would be fantastic,” he said to BeIn Sports.

But he plays for Barcelona and has a contract. Then we’ll see. I talk to him a lot, and I always tell him that the most important thing is that he and his family are happy. It’s hard to say anything else.

Another member of his Argentina team, Leandro Paredes, has publicly expressed his desire for Messi to join him at PSG, saying the team would welcome him “with open arms.”

Messi at PSG? “I hope so; we all want him to come, but it will be his decision,” he said to ESPN in December.

Another player for his Argentina squad, Leandro Paredes, has also publicly expressed his desire for Messi to join him at PSG, saying the team would welcome him “with open arms.”Messi at PSG? “I hope so; we all want him to come, but it will be his decision,” he said to ESPN in December.

It comes after the startling news that Messi’s incredible tenure with Barcelona is finally coming to an end.

Barcelona startled everyone by claiming that La Liga was unable to grant him a new, lucrative contract because of “economic difficulties.”

Although both parties have declared that they want to sign a new deal today, it said that “economic and structural obstacles (Spanish La Liga regulations) prevent FC Barcelona and Leo Messi from formalizing their agreement.”

Given this situation, Lionel Messi will no longer be connected to FC Barcelona. Both parties really regret not being able to fulfill the player’s and the club’s wishes in the end.

“Barca wishes the player the best in his personal and professional lives and truly appreciates his contribution to the institution’s improvement.”