Lionel Messi unveiled at PSG – live updates

The presenter keeps referring to “Ney”, like they’re boys; maybe they are. But imagine growing up in a Scottish playground with the name Nae ma.

There are fans outside the ground and Omar da Fonseca, an Argentinian who played a season for Paris in 85-86, singing Messi’s name. Ah, and we cut to a wide and there are actually quite a lot of people there, bouncing.

I do still wonder if Paris have enough in midfield – watching them over the last few seasons, that’s been the obvious weakness in the team. But if Angel di Maria has the legs, him alongside Verratti and Wijnaldum is not unlike Bran Flakes.

Mauricio Pochettino, though. Gets fired from Spurs having won nowt, gets the Paris job and avoids winning the league but takes a Champions League doing … and now he manages perhaps the greatest player ever. Imagine if he manages a repeat! It’ll be interesting to see, though, the extent to which he imposes the rigorous pressing and running that worked so well at Spurs – are Messi and Neymar even capable anymore? – and whether it’s Messi on the right and Mbappé through the middle, or vice-versa.

Thanks Tom and morning everyone. “Lionel Messi plays for Paris Saint-Germain” is one of those weird, rare sentences that simultaneously makes you say “You what?!” and “Of course!”, both the opposite of football and apotheosis of football. Unlike the majority of our greatest footballers – Garrincha, Pele, Best, Cruyff, Beckenbauer, Maradona, Ronaldinho – Messi represents little bar being good at football, so in a sense, Parc des Princes is the perfect home for him. Of course, the supporters of PSG and city of Paris give the club a unique identity, but to the majority of others, it doesn’t mean the most. But here we are so here we are.

Morning everyone, and welcome, as one of the more remarkable/decadent/stunning/depressing transfer sagas of our age is consummated at the Parc des Princes with Lionel Messi’s unveiling by Paris Saint-Germain. The Argentina forward signed a two-year deal with PSG on Tuesday worth around €35m a year net, with an option for a further year, after his tear-stained departure from Barcelona on Sunday. And today he will be formally unveiled at a press conference that starts at 10am BST. Daniel will be here shortly for all the news and reaction.

In the meantime, here’s the inside gen: