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- Bookmakers Have Messi as 95% certain of joining PSG after Slashing the price to just 1/20
- Champions League Odds Drop from 12/1 to 3/1 as a Result of the Transfer News
- Betting Sites 90% Sure PSG will Win the Ligue 1 Title in France with Messi on Board
- Bookmakers Are offering odds on Other Clubs but Anywhere but PSG looks Unlikely.
Bookmakers will give back just £1 for every £20 you bet on Lionel Messi joining Paris St German as his next domestic football club after a lifetime at Barcelona.
Odds of 1/20 are often the domain of one-sided boxing matches or England to lose on Penalties in an important game, but here Betting sites are so confident that Messi's move from Barca to PSG is done that they are giving nothing away.
Rumours of Paul Pogba also going to Paris have seen the odds for Domestic and Champions League success crash.
PSG now Joint Favourites with Manchester City to Win Champions League
Big signings mean bookies run scared of domestic clubs winning the Champions League it would seem.
After Manchester City signed Jack Grealish for a Premier League record £100m, the betting odds on PSG winning the Champions League next May have tumbled from 12/1 to just 3/1 in some places, joining City at the head of the market.
Champions League Betting
| Team | Odds | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| PSG | 3/1 | 25% |
| Manchester City | 3/1 | 25% |
| Bayern Munich | 11/2 | 15% |
| Liverpool | 8/1 | 11% |
| Chelsea | 8/1 | 11% |
PSG Chances to Win Domestic League in France are 90%
With odds of just 1/10 to win the Ligue 1 title this year PSG will need to get the most out of their new signings to regain the title they have domainted over the last 9 years.
With the exceptions of Monaco in 2016/17 and Lille last season, PSG have taken the title in 7 of the last 9 seasons.
Ligue 1 Betting Odds
| Team | Odds | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| PSG | 1/10 | 90% |
| Lyon | 12/1 | 7% |
| Monaco | 14/1 | 6% |
| Lille | 14/1 | 6% |
After Officially Leaving Barcelona on Sunday Where Else Could Messi Go?
The betting odds would suggest that a move to Paris is all but official now, but that's not to say other clubs might be a possibility.
The problem for most clubs would be the wage demands, with the likes of PSG and Manchester City really the only clubs that could have the means to afford the Argentinian.
Even the Liverpool Echo has made claims of a possible move by the Reds but that seems very unlikely, and the MLS in the United States is not throwing around the money it used to in the days when Thierry Henry, Beckham and even Wayne Rooney were making moves in that direction.
There are even odds being quote for the famous Argentinian Newells Old Boys Club. at 34 He would more than qualify, and a host of Argentinian footballing greats have made the move back to NOB to finish their careers.
Lionel Messi Next Club Betting Odds
| Club | Odds | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| PSG | 1.20 | 95% |
| Manchester City | 8/1 | 11% |
| Any MLS Club | 14/1 | 6% |
| Atletico Madrid | 22/1 | 4% |
| Newells Old Boys | 33/1 | 3% |
