2023-09-24 12:25:00
Messi talks regarding his welcome at PSG following the World Cup
“I was the only player who didn’t have recognition besides the other 25 players.” Although almost all football lovers realized this detail during the months following winning the World Cup in Qatar, Lionel Messi’s own confirmation during the interview he recently carried out with Migue Granados confirmed that there was a certain upset regarding what happened.
“It was understandable, I was in the place where we had won the final and because of us they had not been world champions once more (…) I had to be world champion there,” he said regarding how the situation of returning to the PSG following consecrated with the Albiceleste by beating France.
As expected, his statements spread around the world and reached the ears of Nasser Al Khelaifi, the president of the Parisian club, who picked up the gauntlet and responded in conversation with the newspaper Leparisien: “There is a lot of talk outside, I don’t know what he said or what he stopped saying. As everyone saw, we even published a video, we celebrated Messi in training (following winning the World Cup) and we also recognized him in private.”
“But with all due respect, we are a French club. Of course, it was difficult to celebrate in the stadium. We must respect the country he defeated, his fellow Frenchmen and our supporters. But he was, and remains, an extraordinary player; “We were proud to have him here,” the manager noted.
There was no tribute to Messi in the Princes’ Park following being world champion
After spending his holidays in Argentina, Lionel Messi had returned to France to make himself available to the club in January. Upon arriving at the training center, his teammates gave him a hall of honor and the institution gave him an award for what he had done in Qatar, all in the absence of Kylian Mbappé.
The striker, who shone in the World Cup final despite France’s defeat once morest Argentina, had not taken a vacation following playing in the championship in Doha. But then the entity decided to give him a license so he might have a rest. An elegant exit to avoid him having to be part of that brief tribute to Messi following winning the final?
In the interview he recently gave to the French media, Al Khelaifi also referred to the moments of tension that were experienced in the Parc des Princes with his figure, who was marginalized from the team for much of the preseason following ensuring that he was not going to renew his contract.
“All the problems we have had remain in the family and Kylian is part of the family. I’m proud of what he does and what the whole team does. We have the best player in the world and for me he deserves the Ballon d’Or,” stated the Qatari leader.
It should be noted that both world football leaders are nominated to win the highest individual award that a footballer might obtain on October 30 at the Chatelet Theater in Paris. This list also includes the last winner of the trophy, Karim Benzema, as well as world champions Emiliano Martínez, Julián Álvarez and Lautaro Martínez, among the rest.
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