Named Ballon d’Or for the eighth time in his career, Lionel Messi took care not to mention PSG during his speech on the stage of the Théâtre du Châtelet. A way of doing things that has not gone unnoticed.
Lionel Messi has a stubborn grudge. This is evidenced by his comments made when receiving the Ballon d’Or on Monday. The eighth of his career. In his speech given on the main stage of the Théâtre du Châtelet, the Argentinian did not mention PSG once. The native of Rosario certainly left the capital club last June, but it is customary for recipients to thank their former team when receiving such a trophy.
But the end of the season was less complicated for Lionel Messi in Paris. His absence from a training session at the beginning of May meant he had to apologize on camera. A sequence experienced as a humiliation for the now eight-time Ballon d’Or winner, also targeted by Parisian supporters. And while the former Barcelona player nevertheless wanted to extend the adventure with the Rouge et Bleu, the leaders of the French champions gave him a total refusal, forcing him to go into exile in MLS after having refused the bridge. gold from Saudi Arabia.
Lionel Messi had obviously not moved on when he received his Ballon d’Or and his way of doing things obviously did not go unnoticed, with some seeing it as a lack of respect…
Shameful LĂ©o Messi does not cite PSG once in his speech, a total lack of respect! #GoldBall pic.twitter.com/8ineVmnBoO
— Actu Tech & PSG (@ActuTech_Foot) October 30, 2023
The last time that #Messi will have spoken about #PSG will therefore remain this pitiful video recorded in a broom closet with a suit jacket over his tracksuit bottoms in the colors of Paris. We will not forget you, little man that you are 😂#GoldBall #ballondor2023 pic.twitter.com/zHTG0lvoaE
— Nikop17 (@nikop17) October 30, 2023
Knowing that the 3rd criterion for obtaining the Ballon d’Or is fair play, Messi not mentioning PSG is… how should I put it…
— Pia Clemens (@piapiaclemens) October 30, 2023
And Messi who doesn’t mention PSG at all in his speech mdrrrr pathetic and above all detestable man. Absolutely no one will remember your move to the great Paris Saint-Germain
— 🇨🇷 (@Yaseen_PSG) October 30, 2023
😑 What a lack of class on the part of Lionel Messi who doesn’t even cite PSG’s TECHNICAL STAFF for his eighth Ballon d’Or. #GoldBall pic.twitter.com/2rLuSa6nd1
— Media Parisien (@MediaParisien) October 30, 2023
Parisian supporters looking for a word about PSG in Messi’s speech #GoldBall #Ashamed
pic.twitter.com/ICYLDWSWvD— Ben 🤫 (@BenYssouf2) October 30, 2023
Lionel Messi nevertheless made up for it somewhat later in a press conference when he had to respond to the weight of his performances with PSG in this new coronation.
“My time in Paris did not go as I hoped for different reasons. From a sporting point of view, it didn’t go as I hoped but I keep in mind all the good things I experienced, and there were a lot of them too.he then confided, adding: “I had to interrupt my stay in Paris but I benefited a lot from it. I was very happy here and my children loved the city. They wanted to continue in France, to stay…”
