2023-06-03 20:11:32
It’s not really a surprise anymore, it just marks the end of a story whose last lines will have been anything but happy. Lionel Messi and Paris Saint-Germain, it’s officially over. After announcing the departure of Sergio Ramos on Friday evening, the club announced that of the For money this early Saturday evening, less than two hours from the last game of the season against Clermont au Parc, in a press release published on its official website.
“After two seasons spent in the capital, the adventure between Leo Messi and Paris Saint-Germain will come to an end at the end of the 2022-23 financial year”, writes the club, which “wants to warmly thank the sevenfold Ballon d’Or , winner under the Rouge & Bleu colors of a Champions Trophy and two French championship titles”. “Paris Saint-Germain is proud to have had the best player in history in its ranks, and wishes, with certain emotion, many more successes to Leo for the rest of his career. »
“I would like to thank Leo Messi for his two seasons in Paris, said Nasser Al Khelaifi, also quoted on the club’s website. Seeing a seven-time Ballon d’Or winner in Rouge & Bleu and at the Parc des Princes, winning two consecutive French championships and inspiring our young players has been a pleasure. 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. »
“I really enjoyed playing in this team and with such good players”
The track of a formalization this Saturday of the departure of the Argentinian had made its way in the afternoon, when remarks were lent to him had first been relayed in a tweet by ESPN Argentina, published then immediately deleted, after being nevertheless viewed more than 30,000 times. “I am very happy to have been able to represent PSG, he expressed to the Argentine media. I really enjoyed playing in this team and with such good players. I would like to thank the club for this wonderful experience in Paris. »
In the club’s statement, Messi offers a more modest statement. “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. “A sober statement, in all discretion, for a player whose history in Paris will have been just as much despite his immense pedigree. Discreet off the pitch but also, most of the time, on it, Leo Messi had however arrived in the summer of 2021 in a general euphoria after his very emotional departure from FC Barcelona.
In two seasons in Paris, he had the opportunity to take care of his statistics despite staggering performances: 32 goals and 35 assists in 74 games in all competitions. Will have missed, all the same, an expected influence during the ax matches in the European Cup. At the end of last season as in recent weeks, in particular following his suspension by the club for an unauthorized trip to Saudi Arabia, he was taken to task by part of the public at the Parc des Princes, who saw in him the symbol of club chess.
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