2023-05-05 17:51:00
Lionel Messi asked “forgiveness” in a video posted on his Instagram account. Ambassador of the Saudi Arabia tourist office, he traveled without the agreement of PSG.
By Nathan Joubioux for Le Point
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« JI apologize to my teammates at the club. In a video posted this Friday, May 5 on his Instagram account, Lionel Messi apologizes after his trip to Saudi Arabia, the day after a defeat against FC Lorient (1-3).
“I sincerely thought we were going to have a day off, like the previous weeks,” he explains in Spanish, in a no-frills video.
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“I thought we were going to have a day off after the game as always. I had this trip organized and I couldn’t cancel it. I had already canceled it before…”.
“I apologize to my teammates and I’m waiting for what the club wants to do with me”. pic.twitter.com/GBuarEgwSl
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) May 5, 2023
The world champion became the ambassador of the tourist office of Saudi Arabia for a contract estimated at 30 million euros and made this trip without the authorization of Paris Saint-Germain. “I had organized this trip and I couldn’t cancel it. I had already canceled it before, ”continues Lionel Messi. Faced with a fait accompli, PSG ended up reacting 24 hours later by deciding to suspend their player for two weeks.
READ ALSOLionel Messi and PSG: a divorce and a fiasco“I am now waiting to find out what the club wants to do with me,” he concludes. According The Teamthis escapade convinced the leaders not to extend the Argentine star next season.
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