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'We don't want him', and 'it's a joke, he disappears in important games': Messi's most critical former PSG, very tough after elimination in the Champions League

2023-03-09T12:40:47.321Z


It is about Jérôme Rothen who now fulfills a commentator role. Before, he had said 'Messi's contract renewal sucks'.


Paris Saint-Germain

received another blow in Germany, where they were again eliminated from the

Champions League

, the great goal of the season and for which their Qatari owners do not stop injecting millions into their squad.

With

the two best players in the World Cup Final

,

Lionel Messi

(who also just received FIFA's The Best award for the best player of last season) and

Kylian Mbappé

, PSG lost 2-0 to

Bayern Munich

(3-0 on aggregate) and the press fell fiercely on those led by Christophe Galtier.

But of course the number one target was Lionel Messi.

With the elimination of the most important tournament, PSG only has one goal ahead, Ligue 1, where they comfortably lead with 63 points, twelve more than Marseille, their immediate rival.

In the other domestic competition, the French Cup, it was eliminated by its classic rival.


"

We don't want Messi

.

He doesn't want to invest in this club!

I saw his statement where he said 'I'm fine, acclimated' but what are you acclimated to?

Why did you score 18 goals or 16 assists this year against Angers and Clermont?

But

in the games that matter he completely disappears!

 What is a joke, because we have seen his matches in the World Cup, ”said the former footballer who emerged from Monaco and played for PSG, Jérôme Rothen.

Jerome Rothen, former Monaco footballer.

Photo @RothenJerome.

In his role as sports commentator at RMC Sport, Rothen understands that Messi does not have a serious commitment to the club and that he only stays because of the millions he earns at the club: "Only PSG could give him this salary and, of course,

the PSG fell on both feet because they thought that Messi was going to make us win

.

But he does not.

He will not make us win anything ”.

Rothen is one of the most critical of Messi in France.

In February, he destroyed him for the renewal of his contract: “

Messi's extension is crap

, even in terms of the squad.

Managing MNM is complicated.

Then there is the issue of payroll.

We saw PSG blocked by the Financial Fair Play.

Because the payroll has skyrocketed.

Now he has the opportunity to save a large sum of money since Messi's salary is substantial.

And strengthen the squad.

“If tomorrow I find out that his contract is extended, I will no longer go to the Parque de los Príncipes.

That is real problems for PSG because it blocks hiring because the payroll is huge because of these players", he resumed the contractual issue.


Now, with the elimination against Bayern Munich, he returned to the charge and recalled the failure of 2022 where the team's goalkeeper made a mistake that began to complicate the series;

However, for the 44-year-old former footballer, the biggest culprit was Messi: “

Last year against Real Madrid everyone fell on Donnarumma

, but he did nothing else.

The Marseille game doesn't matter to me.

They made a good team in Ligue 1 but certainly not in the Champions League."

"Of course he has a good foot and an eye, and he will still have them at 50. But he is not fit for the top level in that state of mind," Rothen closed.



Source: clarin

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