Meunier gives his truth: "PSG and Leonardo were not very correct"

Thomas Meunier sets the record straight. After having long "waited for a sign from PSG" to extend, the Belgian international, free on June 30, finally said yes to Dortmund. Although, listening to him, he had actually said yes to Borussia before the first leg between BVB and Paris in February! One thing is certain: it is without him that Neymar Jr and company will play the "Final 8" of the Champions League, in Lisbon (12-23 August). However, the German leaders have publicly opened the door to a freelance from the former player of Bruges, in order to allow him to stay in Paris a few more weeks, like Thiago Silva. But nothing came. Asked about a Belgian channel, La Deux, Meunier says he was keen to finish the season in Red and Blue. "I almost went to my knees in Dortmund with my agent to reach an agreement so that they let me play with PSG", he promises.

"It was a bit thankless in terms of communication"

Still according to Thomas Meunier, the fault lies with the clubs, which have not found an agreement. Suddenly, PSG did not even send an offer for a freelance. But it is above all the communication of the Parisian club and Leonardo that irritates him. “What am I reading in the press? That Meunier does not want to extend with PSG, that does not interest him. It was a bit thankless in terms of communication, ”he says.

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And to continue: "The communication, I do not know if I can say of the club, but of Leonardo since it is he who manages the file, was a little truncated ... It was not very correct." Settling of scores at OK Corral… For the new player from Dortmund, the Parisian management did in fact “not really want to want (it) to extend. It was crystal clear. For them, they had enough with the workforce they had ... And I could pack my bags. " Astonishing when we know that PSG is left with the only Thilo Kehrer and Colin Dagba on the right, and only three axial defenders (Thiago Silva, Marquinhos, Kimpembe) since Tanguy Kouassi has also left. In Germany too, in Bayern.

Word against word

Thomas Meunier also returns to the episode of the ban on access to Camp des Loges at the resumption of training and during the last week of June. The club ensures that he was simply exempted, a few days before the end of his contract. The native of Saint-Ode has another version… “I receive the letter on Sunday, on Monday I have physical tests. I drop my ass on the floor and I think to myself what is this? He said to me "no, you are no longer welcome at the club. I forbid you to hang out with other players, I don't want you to put ideas in their heads". He just didn't want me to give the real version, ”he promises. And to continue: "I found that amazing! It was pretty cowardly ... And it was I who had to make contact with Leonardo afterwards to understand ”. In the end, the 28-year-old plague because he seems to pass "for a plague" while, according to his assessment, he "has always been correct with the club". He also claims to have "been a bit of a mediator between Dortmund and PSG" when negotiating a possible freelance for the Champions League and the finals of the national cups, the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue. Word against word.

"It's a bit Dikkenek what, it's a bit did you see me"

One thing is certain: Meunier is delighted to join Borussia Dortmund, a club which "looks a little more like him". Courted by "Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Inter, Atlético, Juventus, Bayern and Leverkusen", he has indeed chosen to join a club he sees as "an evolved version of Club Brugge" . “The idea of ​​my football is passionate football, popular football, ambitious football with resources. Without falling into a football business as we find it today, ”he says. Or in the Parisian “excess”. Although, the right-back with 13 goals in 128 matches in Paris has "enjoyed" the XXL birthday parties and life in the splendor of the capital. "It was something new for me to be able to discover this world a bit… It's a bit Dikkenek what, it's a bit have you seen me, but it's part of the thing, it's part of the game, ”he said. In Dortmund, he will find more peace of mind, that's for sure ...

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