PSG hesitates for Messi, a return to Barça considered?
While it was well understood in recent weeks that Leo Messi was no longer so sure of wanting to extend at PSG, the Parisian club would also ask questions about the Argentine, again announced at Barça...
PSG lost 2-0 against Rennes on Sunday in a very disappointing game of the Parisians. Leo Messi was not invisible and tried some things, offering two good balls to Kylian Mbappé, but the Argentine did not break the screen and went back to the locker room at the final whistle when some of his teammates were greeting their supporters.
On Friday, a controversy broke out on social networks after a famous Parisian twitttos revealed that Leo Messi had left Tuesday's training, disappointed by what Christophe Galtier proposed, who would have failed to convince him to stay. A tweet seen more than 5.9 million times on Twitter and that made a lot of noise, even pushing the father of Messi to deny on his social networks.
🚨🚨 Lionel Messi n’a pas terminé la séance de mardi.
— Djamel 🇵🇸 (@Djaameel56) March 17, 2023
Il a quitté l’entraînement car il était déçu de ce que proposait Christophe Galtier.
Le coach parisien a essayé de le convaincre de rester mais l’attaquant argentin est tout de même rentré chez lui.
A controversy that PSG has also tried to deflate by spreading the word that Messi had physical problems and that's why he left the training on Tuesday. Interviewed by Canal Plus on sunday, Christophe Galtier denied any incident with his Argentine star, but not sure that this is enough to convince those who see that Leo Messi is not flourishing on the field in recent weeks.
Messi hot to return to Barça?
In today's edition, L'Equipe also tells us that PSG is starting to doubt the relevance of extending Leo Messi, whose contract expires this summer, with an additional year as an option that will only be activated if both parties want it. In recent days, the Argentine's clan leaked that he was not interested in leaving for MLS or Saudi Arabia this summer and that the trend was still towards an extension at PSG.
But according to L'Equipe, PSG is thinking more and more about the evolution of its project and therefore the relevance of extending a 35-year-old player with an exorbitant salary. The sports daily adds that the Parisian club has also seen that an extension of Messi was not unanimous among its supporters. This does not mean that Messi will not ultimately extend at PSG, but it seems much less clear than in late December.
It should also be noted that FootMercato revealed this weekend that Leo Messi was seriously considering a return to Barcelona, although this return will probably be very complicated to achieve on the Barça side given its financial difficulties.