We understand it well, Leo Messi did not like his time in Paris. Two seasons during which the Argentinian dragged on his discomfort. Now in Miami, the former FC Barcelona legend doesn’t miss a beat to dent PSG: “Even if I wasn’t good there, I became world champion there. Everything happens for a reason, and maybe it was meant to be like this…” he explained in a casual interview with Argentinian actor and comedian Miguel Garrados, broadcast Thursday on the Olga YouTube channel.
Messi regretted not having had the “recognition” of PSG, after his 2022 world champion title in Qatar acquired at the expense of France. “The fact is that I was the only player, among the 25 others [champions du monde argentins] who has not had any recognition, he notes. But it does not matter. Afterwards, it was understandable, I was in the place where because of us, they had not been world champions again. »
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The Albiceleste captain still stressed that he got along “very well with Kylian [Mbappé], as with all the other » players. Messi, 36, who regularly welcomes his arrival and his welcome in Florida, has already said on several occasions that he was unhappy with his passage through Paris, he who in 2021 did not want to leave Barcelona, the club of his beginnings.
Also discussing his future as a player, and a possible participation in the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico, when he will be 39 years old, Messi reiterated his uncertainty, and is focusing on the Copa America in June-July 2024 in the USA. “I don’t know if I’ll make it (at the World Cup), I’ve already said that. I’m not thinking about it yet because it’s far away, I’m thinking about the Copa America,” declared the international with 176 caps, still decisive against Ecuador in early September (1-0, goal from a free kick). “After the Copa América, we will see, it depends on how I feel (…) I will see day by day. There are still three years left.”