the 02/05/2023 09h07
Messi could leave PSG at the end of the season
The day after the defeat against Lorient (1-3), Lionel Messi left for Saudi Arabia while training was on the program at Camp des Loges. A trip that is talking about in the club of the capital.
On Monday, the players of Paris Saint-Germain had an appointment at the Camp des Loges. If the Parisians usually have two days off (Monday and Tuesday) in case of success, only one day (Tuesday) is granted when the team loses. After Sunday’s defeat against Lorient (1-3), everyone was expected the next day at the training center. And they were all there, except one.
Messi absent in training
Indeed, Lionel Messi (35) was not present at training yesterday. The Argentinian was in Saudi Arabia for a two-day trip which is part of his contract with the Middle Eastern country’s tourist board, L’Equipe reveals. Problem, the former Barcelonan had not received permission from Christophe Galtier and Luis Campos to go to the Arabian Peninsula.
As the sports daily explains, the Pulga “therefore presented the club with a fait accompli» . And the Parisian coach was perhaps not very comfortable when he spoke in front of his group about the defeat against the Lorient people, asking him in particular for more involvement. Did Galtier’s message really get across when several players were surprised by their teammate’s long trip?
A still hazy future
If the entourage of Messi assures that this trip was impossible to postpone, after two previous postponements due to the poor results of the team, this new episode risks throwing even more trouble on the future of the sevenfold Ballon d’ Gold in the capital. At the end of the contract in June, the Argentine star seems to be heading slowly but surely towards a departure from Paris.
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Par Romain Rigauxthe 02/05/2023 09h07
