"Messi will not leave a mark in Paris. His arrival caused a lot of problems"
Jerome Rotten once again criticizes the Argentine: "Barcelona is his team, his city. He came here temporarily and that's what it looks like."
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13/02/2022
Sunday, 13 February 2022, 13:06 Updated: 13:26
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"Messi will not leave a mark on Paris Saint-Germain. He is the 'son' of another club, Barcelona. This is his team, this is his city. He came to Paris temporarily and this is what it looked like. Nobody expected it to happen, not even him."
Former footballer Jerome Rotten, who played for Paris Saint-Germain from 2004-2009 and wore the French national team uniform 13 times, is not enthusiastic about Lionel Messi's contribution to Paris Saint-Germain so far nor does he expect it to change significantly in the future.
Rotten, who has become one of the sharpest commentators in the French media in recent years, said: "Messi is the greatest player in history, but his legs are not like they used to be, there are moves he can no longer perform. And beyond that, he no longer has the same teammates." .
The 43-year-old Frenchman, who in recent years has also flooded Neymar with criticism following his conduct, added: "A player who comes to a new team should feel comfortable and in Paris there are a lot of problems because great efforts have been made to make Messi feel good. I do not think he will leave a mark here, like "Ibrahimovic, for example. The history of Paris as a team at the top of the world is not long, but it still had big players like Rai, like Luis Fernandez ... It is impossible to put Messi on this list."
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Rotten had already visited Messi in early January, so the Argentine contracted Corona and while absent did not appear to be more interested in what was going on in his team.
When Mauricio Pochettino was then asked about his compatriot's condition, he replied that he did not really know.
Rotten did not like it and said then: "A footballer must respect his coach. The coach is above all, even if you are a big star. When Pochettino says he does not know what is going on with Messi, I guess it is because Messi did not bother to call to update him. Simply amazing".
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