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PSG: his forced departure from Barça, his relationship with Neymar and Mbappé, the conquest of the Champions League… Messi delivers himself after a turbulent summer

2021-10-09T12:57:12.905Z


With the end of his Barcelona adventure digested, Lionel Messi is now turned to the new chapter of his career, motivated by the idea of ​​offering


Taciturn man on and off the field, Lionel Messi, six Ballons d'Or on the clock, gave himself in depth in an interview with France Football this Saturday.

The opportunity for the quadruple winner of the Champions League to sweep away all his recent news after an eventful summer, from his forced departure from FC Barcelona to his first encouraging steps with Paris Saint-Germain.

Where the Argentine international (153 caps, 79 goals) hopes to form, at 34, a trio of hell with Neymar and Kylian Mbappé.

Selected pieces.

  • His last days in Catalonia

“I came back to Barcelona to prepare for the season, after having taken advantage of a few extra days of vacation that the coach (Ronald Koeman) had granted me.

I had the idea to sign my contract and resume training immediately.

I thought that everything was settled and all that was missing was my initial.

But, when I arrived in Barcelona, ​​I was told that it was no longer possible, that I could not stay and that I had to find myself another club, because Barça did not have the means to extend me .

It turned my plans upside down.

The president of Barça would have liked that Lionel Messi “remains to play for free”


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- The Parisian |

PSG (@le_Parisien_PSG) October 8, 2021

As I said in my farewell: it was very painful for me to leave Barcelona after all these years.

I had made up my mind, and my family too, that I was going to end my career in Barcelona.

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  • Behind the scenes of his signing at PSG

“I started to think about my future and PSG offered me the opportunity to join them.

(…) We (he and his entourage) were very motivated, we really wanted to come.

PSG have a fantastic team, which can aspire to win lots of titles, which is my goal for the years to come.

I am grateful to the club because from the start they treated me very well.

They showed they really wanted me and they took care of me.

I thank them for that, because I am very happy to be here today.

I received other proposals, but I must admit that we reached an agreement fairly quickly with PSG.

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- The Parisian |

PSG (@le_Parisien_PSG) October 5, 2021

Messi specifies that the presence of his friends Neymar, Angel Di Maria and Leandro Paredes was decisive: “I knew that I was going to land in a new country and have to start from scratch.

Knowing that I had friends in the locker room allowed me to tell myself that things were going to be easier for me to adjust.

And I was not wrong, because it was very easy to integrate myself, especially because there are many players who speak Spanish, like me.

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  • The Parisian star workforce and the "MNM"

“The workforce of Paris Saint-Germain is currently one of the best in the world, if we look at the individualities we have.

But, if our collective is not good, it will be difficult to achieve our goals.

It is our great challenge and our will to all manage to play as a team ”.

Regarding the attacking trio, Messi does not seem worried: “It's something that will rather be put in place naturally, as the matches we will play together.

We will get to know each other over time.

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  • His work with Neymar and Mbappé concerning the defensive withdrawal

“This is mainly the job of the coach.

(He laughs) It is he (Mauricio Pochettino) who is in charge of finding the best balance, of instilling in us an idea of ​​play and of organizing our collective movement.

So that then we behave as a team.

Afterwards, of course, it's clear for the three of us that we have to be the first to defend when we don't have the ball and make sure to recover it quickly to prevent our opponent from putting us in danger.

We will therefore try to have the ball as much as possible.

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Source: leparis

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