PSG suspend Lionel Messi for 2 weeks over unauthorised Saudi trip - sources

Paris Saint-Germain have suspended Lionel Messi for two weeks for missing training on Monday to travel to Saudi Arabia, sources told ESPN.

Messi will not train or play with the first team and will not be paid during his suspension.

- Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.)

First reported by French newspaper L'Equipe, PSG manager Christophe Galtier told his players that they would have two days off, Monday and Tuesday, if they beat Lorient on Sunday, but a defeat would result in the players being called in for training on Monday.

Messi, 35, asked if he would be allowed to travel to the Arab gulf to honour his sponsorship deal as a Saudi ambassador, and Galtier and sporting director Luis…