Lionel Messi and Leo Paredes unavailable with PSG but starting for Argentina?
It's possible.
And this is not to the taste of Leonardo and PSG ... The six-fold Argentinian Golden Ball, forfeit in Leipzig (2-2) and Bordeaux (3-2 victory) suffers from a knee and hamstrings.
His comrade, he returned injured in the quadriceps of the left thigh after the last gathering of the Argentine selection.
“
Leandro Paredes continues his rehabilitation and athletic work on the field
” at Camp des Loges, we explained on Saturday.
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Finally, it is on the other side of the Atlantic that the former midfielder of Boca will work.
Like his illustrious teammate at number 30 for that matter.
The Argentines of Paris-SG, including Angel Di Maria, replacing Saturday against the Girondins de Bordeaux and finally not used, indeed left the French capital on Sunday evening to find the Albiceleste, as reported by
Le Parisien
.
PSG have no say
As for Messi, this is not very surprising when we remember the statements of Mauricio Pochettino on Friday, at a press conference, before Bordeaux. “
Leo is not available for the game. We will see if he can travel to join his selection. We hope that he will be available with Argentina and that he will come back in great shape.
For Paredes, on the other hand, it is more astonishing. “
I don't know if Leandro will make the trip. I believe this will not be the case,
”said the Argentine coach, recalling that the clubs have no say in this kind of case. “
Leo should go due to the expected length of his downtime. These are the rules when a player is called up for selection, it seems to me
”,he explained.
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The clubs have indeed the obligation to release their player during the dates allotted to the selections, it is a fact.
If they are injured, it's different… Hit in the elbow in Gironde, Keylor Navas for example had to give up the meeting with the national team of Costa Rica.
The news fell on Sunday evening.
Leonarod appeals to Fifa
Still, the Brazilian sports director of Paris-SG took the trouble to expose his anger and his incomprehension to our colleagues from the
Parisian
, evoking here the specific case of Paredes: "
We do not agree to leave to select a player who, for us, is not in physical condition or who is in the rehabilitation phase. This is not logical, and this type of situation deserves that we define a real settlement with Fifa.
"
As stated by
L'Équipe
, the Argentinian staff hope to be able to count on their Parisian players no later than Tuesday, November 16, for the shock against Brazil from Neymar Jr (on the night of 16 to 17 in France).
For the duel against Uruguay Edinson Cavani, next weekend, it seems a priori too fair for Leandro Paredes and Leo Messi.
No problem on the other hand for Angel Di Maria, fresh and available according to the sports daily, citing his entourage.
The Parisians just have their fingers crossed, they who will face Manchester City in England shortly after the resumption, on November 24.
