Lionel Messi will leave PSG after two seasons.
At the end of the contract next June, Lionel Messi will leave Paris Saint-Germain. Despite more than respectable statistics for two seasons, the Argentinian winger will never have managed to take the capital club to a new level.
Two seasons, not one more. Arrived backwards after the end of his adventure at FC Barcelona, Lionel Messi (35) will indeed leave Paris Saint-Germain at the end of his contract, next June.
Indeed, his trip to Saudi Arabia on Monday confirmed his choice, a priori already confirmed for several weeks, to no longer wear the colors of the capital club. What will we remember from his passage?
A trip in L1, or almost
Statistically, his Parisian experience is very far from being as bad as his involvement suggests. After a sluggish first year, with only 6 goals scored in Ligue 1, La Pulga has accelerated this season with 15 goals scored and 15 assists delivered in 28 league games. A roadmap that lives up to its reputation that really gives an impression of ease. Maybe even a little too much.
Indeed, the Argentine world champion has not shone with his efforts since he settled in the French capital. While he was never really a marathon runner to trigger pressing outside of his years with Pep Guardiola, he literally quit running in Paris. A refusal to surpass oneself for others, which we did not find during the victorious World Cup in Qatar, which inevitably had an impact in the Champions League.
Messi has never weighed in C1
The Champions League was precisely his main mission. Paris Saint-Germain, in the fight for a first coronation, with Messi as a potential guide, the story was very beautiful on paper. But only on paper. Because on the ground, we also saw nothing, or almost. Apart from his brilliance against Manchester City (2-1), with a light strike in the skylight, during the group stage of last season, it is nothing.
Behind his 9 goals and 4 assists in 14 games, nothing or almost. His double confrontation against Real Madrid? A missed penalty that kept the Merengues alive. His two games against Bayern Munich? Ghostly. Performances like what he has shown in the event since his last title, in 2015. We cannot blame the Parisian leaders for having tried with the one who can legitimately be considered the greatest player in the world. ‘history.
Lionel Messi in numbers at PSG (as of 03.05.2023)
L1: 54 games, 21 goals, 29 assists
C1: 14 games, 9 goals, 4 assists
TdC : 1 match, 1 but
CdF : 2 matchs
Total: 71 games, 31 goals, 33 assists
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