According to reports, Lionel Messi's time at Paris Saint-Germain will come to an end this summer.

The Argentinian, whose contract with PSG expires in a month, has recently been the target of jeers from PSG supporters, and this week's unauthorized travel to Saudi Arabia resulted in a ban from his Parisian employers.

The club's president Nasser Al Khelaifi was already dedicated to eradicating the "bling bling" culture at the team and rebuilding around young, local talent, so the writing now seems to be on the wall for Messi at PSG.

Even though it was extremely expensive, Kylian Mbappe's contract renewal from the previous year is considered as a component of this new approach. But Messi appears to no longer be a part of those plans.

It has been reported Messi’s father, Jorge, informed the club’s director of football a few weeks ago that his son did not want to extend his contract by another year.

The unauthorised trip to Saudi Arabia further upped the ante and it is understood he has been suspended for two weeks from training and matches.

On Wednesday, the Saudi Tourism Authority released details of Messi’s trip to Riyadh. The player and his family “indulged in a fine-dining experience” at the Al Bujairi Terrace, visited the VIA Riyadh luxury retail complex and also the 300-year-old UNESCO World Heritage Site in Diriyah.

Before heading to Diriyah, the family had been to a farm where they fed Arabian gazelles, the release said.

Amnesty International said earlier this year that Messi’s ambassador role with Saudi Arabia was part of the country’s “aggressive sportswashing programme”, with Saudi authorities “seeking to exploit the celebrity appeal of elite sport to deflect attention from the country’s appalling human rights record”.