After a Messi divorce, Leo can learn to love Paris

PARIS－There was once the romantic notion that whenever Leo Messi finally left Barcelona he would return to Argentina and play for Newell's Old Boys, the club he supported as a boy.

Paris Saint-Germain, a club transformed by the unfathomable state wealth of Qatar, is a rather less romantic destination for the player Barca fans hoped would never turn out for anyone else.

But on Wednesday, Messi was unveiled as a PSG player on a two-year contract, with an optional third. He said he was ready to help the team clinch its first ever Champions League title.