French PSG President Nasser Al-Khelaifi explained why he did not allow Argentinian striker Lionel Messi to enter his home stadium during the World Cup. RMC Sports.
“We are in France and Messi beat Kylian in the World Cup final. “PSG is a French club and I didn’t want the whole stadium to be against Messi coming out with the trophy,” Al-Khelaifi said.
At the end of last season, Messi left PSG and signed a contract with the MLS team. In June, the 36-year-old striker said that the two years he spent in the Paris team were difficult for him.
Messi was transferred to Inter Miami in the summer of 2023. On August 20, the Argentinian won the League Cup, the first trophy in America. After 14 matches for Inter Miami, Messi scored 11 goals and 5 assists. MLS is currently on pause before the season starts.
Messi became world champion with Argentina in December 2022. This is the first trophy of this kind in the career of a star football player. In the tournament, the striker scored seven goals in seven matches, four of which came from penalties.
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