Lionel Messi joined star-packed Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday after leaving Barcelona, the club where he had begun and expected to end his career.

Messi, a six-times winner of the Ballon d¡¯Or for Europe¡¯s best soccer player, signed a two-year contract with an option for a third year, the club said in a statement on its website.

The move will add the Argentine, one of the best players of his generation, to an already formidable PSG attack that includes Brazil¡¯s Neymar and French World Cup winner Kylian Mbappe.