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Messi leaves PSG: there is nothing worse than a scorned Qatari tycoon

2023-05-04T18:16:01.503Z


The Argentine captain closes his two years at the Parisian club by banishing the leadership's mistreatment and receiving insults from the fans, in a regrettable ending but one that promises more emotions.


Chau,

au revoir

, and something else.

The Messi era at PSG is over

, and it is a relief for everyone, including the fans of the French club, if we allow ourselves to be guided by what a small group of them expressed on Wednesday afternoon, insulting the man he is like no one ever did. considered the best footballer in history.

"They know about perfumes, not about soccer

," Pipo Gorosito once said about the French, leaving a phrase that was remembered in Argentina during these days of almost diplomatic tension.

In the distance, the ultras (the bars) of PSG who beat the Flea seem ungrateful, and the managers of a club that has not found its way for a long time, more specifically since 2011, when the Qatar Investment Authority took over, seem

ungrateful

. of the management of the institution, spending billions of dollars in search of a glory that does not arrive.

Today the most logical thing would have been for PSG to whitewash that Messi did not want to renew for next year and agree to fire him elegantly, but it is known: there are

people who are not used to receiving a "no" for an answer

.

Instead, they punished him with a very exaggerated sanction, which was not officially communicated but was cowardly made known through the friendly press.

PSG ultras demonstrated at the PSG headquarters, insulted Messi and then went to Neymar's house.

Photo: EFE/EPA/MOHAMMED BADRA.

They couldn't win the Champions League with Messi either, it's true.

But the popularity that the French club has accumulated in these two years is unquestionable and surely very profitable in commercial terms.

We see it in Argentina, where the shirts with the number 30 (almost all trout, nobility oblige) replaced those of Barcelona.

And the same will happen as soon as it is known where Leo will continue his career.

Is it enough for PSG fans?

It seems not, although there are other variables that influence this disproportionate anger towards the Argentine.

Once again handed over to the French media on a platter (as when they gave him low scores),

Messi became the perfect scapegoat for this new PSG failure

, overshadowing everyone's responsibilities.

Even that of Mbappé

himself

, anointed as captain and leader of a soulless team.

Mbappé's PSG fails but the insults are for Messi and Neymar.

Photo: Reuters/Carl Recine.

Because they don't say anything to good Kylian.

He himself acknowledged that President Macron called him last year to explain the importance of him continuing at the club, when Real Madrid was looking for him:

Paris will receive the Olympic Games in 2024 and his face will be everywhere

.

Meanwhile, the new PSG is already underway.

Now with Messi out of the equation and possibly without Neymar, there is talk of forming "a young, disciplined and more French team."

Mon Dieu

.

"This is not Kylian Saint-Germain," warned the young star recently when watching a video from the club about next season in which (oh, coincidence) Messi and Neymar were ignored.

She sees it coming.


The cover of the newspaper L'Equipe, with Lionel Messi and the president of PSG.

But going back to Messi, deep down he has the feeling that they never forgave him for being champion in Qatar against France.

He had no tribute in his return to PSG

.

And (once again the media) criticized his delay in recovering physically after the World Cup, a complication suffered by most of the footballers who played in the tournament, as demonstrated by a report by the players' union.

It will be good now to see what will happen to the definition of Ligue 1. Will Messi play the remaining dates when this ridiculous sanction is lifted?

What will he do if he scores a goal?

Will he celebrate the title of champion?

And will PSG be champion?

Wouldn't it be nice if Marseille gave him a substitute?

He is 5 points away and there are 5 games left, it is not something that...

Questions and more questions, like the one we started to ask ourselves in this part of the world: where do we put the PSG 30 shirt?

The love between Paris and Messi is over.

Photo: REUTERS/Yves Herman.

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