2023-05-02 01:29:52
Leo Messi was conspicuous by his absence from training on Monday morning. CHRISTIAN HARTMANN / REUTERS
According to daily information The Teamthe 35-year-old Argentinian star flew to Riyadh without the approval of Christophe Galtier and Luis Campos.
The Republic of Players still has a bright future ahead of it at PSG. This is what we can conclude from this information disclosed by The Team this Monday evening. News «neither confirmed nor deniedby the club. While the rest of his teammates had an appointment at Camp des Loges for a training session on Monday, the day after the debacle against Lorient (1-3) during the 33rd day of Ligue 1, Leo Messi flew to Saudi Arabia. A trip which was initially planned for March, but which had finally been postponed after the elimination in C1 against Bayern Munich. Remember that the sevenfold Golden Ball officiates as an ambassador of Saudi tourism. Issue ? Paris Saint-Germain had, a priori, said no to the “Pulga”, which “presented the club with a fait accompli».
In fact, PSG had planned to grant two days off to its players… in the event of a victory on Sunday against Les Merlus. In this hypothesis, Messi would have had the authorization to make this trip. Plans therefore changed after Sunday’s game, with only Tuesday training free, and, according to The Team, Luis Campos and Christophe Galtier would have refused to grant a free pass to the 35-year-old world champion, who was also free in June and whose future is more vague than ever. It is interesting to underline that it is not a question here of the club, of the management. Could Messi have had the agreement of Nasser Al-Khelaïfi? “Some players were surprised by such a move“, our colleagues slip in any case. Resumption of training scheduled for Wednesday in order to prepare for Troyes on Sunday (8:45 p.m.), during the 34th day.
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