2023-06-23 16:54:50
The seven-time Argentinian Ballon d’Or speaks in an interview with beIN SPORTS. He recounts his tumultuous relationship with the Parc des Princes.
The transplant never took between Leo Messi and PSG. After two unfinished seasons, the 35-year-old world champion left the club in the French capital this summer. Visibly not at ease during his first season in Rouge et Bleu, Messi performed more in line with his standards before the World Cup, during the first half of the 2022-23 season. The public at the Parc des Princes nevertheless took a dislike to him after leaving the track against Bayern, in the Champions League, while PSG sank collectively. The “Pulga”, symbol of an unsuitable sports policy in the eyes of some supporters, who did not hesitate to whistle the Argentinian.
«At first it was great, I received a lot of encouragement, but then people started to treat me differently, part of the Parisian public anywayhe says, in an interview with beIN SPORTS which will be broadcast in full on Saturday. The majority continued to treat me as before. But there was a break with a good part of the public in Paris. It was obviously not what I wanted. But it had already happened to others before, like (Kylian) Mbappé or Neymarhe squeals. Parisian supporters have also whistled the French and the Brazilian in the past. “It’s their way. Nevertheless, I keep the memory of all these people who supported me, as at the beginning. Nothing more. It remains anecdotal“Blows Leo Messi, who has also chosen to join Miami.
I came to Paris because I liked the club.
Lionel Messi
Remember that the seven-time Ballon d’Or left Barça after 21 years simply because the Catalan club was unable to re-sign him. Gone reluctantly, he who had requested a transfer a year earlier. “I came to Paris because I liked the club, I had friends there, a lot of people I knew in the locker room in selection or beforehe promises. It seemed easier for me to adapt to it, rather than to other places where I could have gone.»
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However, it was not as simple as expected for the best passer in L1 last season (16 assists). “The adaptation was difficult to adapt to this change, much more than I imagined, despite the fact that I knew people. I arrived late, I had no pre-season preparation. It was a new club, a different way of playing, new teammates, the city… All of this made my adaptation difficult at first. It was the same for my family“, he explains. There is no doubt that he will be more at ease in Florida and in MLS, he who had already said that he has “not been happyin Paris and that we have an announced time close to a return to FC Barcelona. Leo Messi was mostly courted by Saudi Arabia, who were ready to offer him insane amounts of money to lure him.
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