2023-06-03 19:47:43
After two seasons in Ligue 1, a few feats of arms but still no Champions League for Paris Saint-Germain, striker Lionel Messi leaves the club with a final defeat on Saturday against Clermont (3-2) where he still has been hissed.
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It’s official. Paris Saint-Germain announced on Saturday June 3 the departure at the end of the season of Lionel Messi after two years in the capital.
And the attacker leaves on a defeat. PSG lost on Saturday against Clermont (3-2) at the Parc des Princes in the last match of the Ligue 1 season and the Argentine star in Parisian colors. It had already been copiously whistled by the supporters during the announcement of the composition of the teams.
Like their performances during the second half of the season, PSG stopped playing after scoring their two goals (15, 20e), leaving Clermont to reverse the match (23, 45, 62e). The only consolation: with 29 goals, Kylian Mbappé is the top scorer in L1 for the 5th consecutive season, equaling Jean-Pierre Papin.
With this new defeat at the Park, the Argentinian leaves PSG on a final affront and a failed match. For his last free kick with the PSG jersey, Lionel Messi was not far from scoring, rolling perfectly with his left foot. But the Clermont goalkeeper had read the trajectory well.
A divorce recorded during his trip to Saudi Arabia
PSG still paid tribute to the Argentine star. “The club would like to warmly thank the seven-time Ballon d’Or, winner under the Red and Blue colors of a Champions Trophy and two French championship titles,” wrote PSG in a press release.
“Thank you to the club, to the city of Paris and to its inhabitants for these two years. I wish them the best for the future”, reacted the Argentinian in the press release from PSG.
Arrived with great fanfare in 2021 from FC Barcelona, Messi played 74 games with the Parisian club, scoring 32 goals and delivering 35 assists. But he will not have been able to guide Paris towards its ultimate goal, the Champions League.
“Paris Saint-Germain is proud to have been able to count in its ranks the best player in history and wishes, with certain emotion, many more successes to Leo for the rest of his career”, writes the club again. Parisian.
“His contribution to Paris Saint-Germain and Ligue 1 cannot be underestimated and we wish Leo and his family all the best for the future,” said PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaïfi.
His contract expired at the end of June. The soap opera on the future of “La Pulga” had stretched since the end of 2022, with several twists and turns. Initially confident for an extension, the two camps gradually moved away.
The Argentinian’s promotional trip to Saudi Arabia in early May, unauthorized by the club, had formalized the divorce, PSG even suspending its player for a few days.
With AFP
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