Leonardo broke his media silence during an interview with RMC this Tuesday evening. The former sports director of PSG looked back on his prosperous years with the Rouge et Bleu and in particular the arrival of Lionel Messi in the summer of 2021. Unfortunately, the mayonnaise never took hold in France and the Argentinian often regretted his time in the capital, he who would have liked to stay in his club and his forever city.
“Messi wanted to stay at Barça but since Barcelona couldn’t keep him, PSG was the first choicerewinds the Brazilian. Afterwards, there is a lot of misunderstanding. It was difficult for him. He was coming out of 20 years in the same place and you move. Saying he wasn’t happy is a way of defending himself. There was the elimination at Real Madrid, it was complicated», he explains, without regretting having brought in the eight-time Ballon d’Or.
