Paris Saint-Germain lives one of those moments where the episodes that occur outside the field steal more headlines in the media than what the club generates at the sporting level. And in the last few days everything happened. The club sanctioned Lionel Messi for a trip to Arabia where he fulfilled a commercial commitment. The ultras mobilized to Neymar's home in Paris to ask him to leave PSG and also hung flags against the Argentine. Then came the pardon for Messi. And now, the leaders of the "characterized fans" tired of the lack of answers from a star-studded team decided to take a measure that caught the eye.
In an interview with Le Parisien, the leader of the ultras pointed against "the players who do what they want" and focused on Messi and Neymar: "The insults pronounced are just a general exhaustion. Messi is going to leave and we just want to make it clear to Neymar that it would be good for him to leave as well," Romain Mabille explained.
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We don't want to hurt Neymar, we just want him to spend the rest of his career away from Paris."
Last Sunday, PSG authorities applied a kind of admission fee for 450 bars who wanted to go to Troyes to cheer on Galtier's team. As they had already taken out the tickets, the club sent them an email assuring them that they would refund the cost of the tickets. But the ultras traveled the same and could not enter the stadium, which complicated things more.
The demonstration of PSG fans.
Yesterday, in order to place cold cloths and reach an agreement between both parties, a meeting was held between the leaders of the institution and the representatives of the Collectif Ultra Paris (CUP), which could be considered as the barra brava of the PSG.
According to the French sports newspaper L'Equipe, the meeting did not come to fruition because they demand that Nasser Al Khelaifi receive them and the Arab has no intention of joining them, so the meeting did not come to fruition.
Because of this, and not reaching an agreement, the ultras decided to start a strike for "indefinite time". This measure affects both the men's and women's teams.
The statement of the ultras of the PSG
The Collectif Ultras Paris, through a statement, notified the cessation of its activities until further notice, so this Saturday, against Ajaccio, the Virage Auteil, the bottom in which all its ultras are crowded, will be empty.
"After the meeting between the management of the club and the leaders of the Collectif Ultras Paris, the management of the CUP announces the total cessation of our activities, which also includes handball and the women's section until further notice (...) We will not, therefore, be present at the Parc des Princes, nor will we travel to cheer on the team. The latest events on the part of the leaders and our common relations with the management is the best solution capable of preserving a common future. We expect clear answers from the club on different points. We judge the situation very serious and hope for the best for the club, PSG, in a historic end of the season.
Which means that Lionel Messi, who will return to a call after the pressure received by PSG, will avoid a loud whistle by what will be his fans until the end of the season.
