2023-05-02 20:47:19
Punishment time for Leo Messi. Paris Saint-Germain announced on Tuesday that they are initiating disciplinary proceedings against the player, according to AFP, for having traveled to Riyadh on Monday, as part of a contract with the country. Information that we are able to confirm. The player will not participate in any training until further notice.
According to our information, Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, president of the club, and Luis Campos, his sports adviser, were informed of this trip but had not given their agreement to the Argentine player, who, in fact, missed training for this Monday at Camp des Loges. A breach that justifies the sanction.
As we mentioned on Monday, the trip meets a contractual obligation since the Argentinian has been an ambassador for Saudi tourism since last year. He also went there in this context in May 2022, in the company of his compatriot Leandro Paredes. PSG was already guaranteed to be Ligue 1 champions, which is not the case this year.
As indicated by the team on Tuesday, the Argentine striker has already postponed this trip twice. A first date had been set shortly after the elimination of the Parisians by Bayern Munich in the knockout stages of the Champions League. Information that we are able to confirm this Tuesday.
The episode comes in an extremely tense context, accentuated by the defeat against Lorient on Sunday at the Parc des Princes (1-3), and more recently the expression of the dissatisfaction of the club’s Ultras in front of the Camp des Loges. According to our information, the capital club was heading so far towards an extension of the “Pulga”, but recent events could well come to reshuffle the cards.
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