As Lionel Messi’s participation in the Olympic Games becomes likely, Jérôme Rothen invites the French public to whistle the Argentine striker.
Lionel Messi soon back in Paris? For the Olympic Games, this is becoming clearer. Argentina has just won one of the two South American tickets for the 2024 Olympics, and the eight-time Ballon d’Or would have expressed the wish to take part in this great event, in the wake of the Copa America. The ball is in his court, in any case, because “the invitation is there”as the coach of Olympic Argentina, Javier Mascherano, confided.
On the other hand, Messi might not be welcome in French stadiums. This is the feeling of Jérôme Rothen, who is never the last to make a rant, and who invites the French public to jeer the former Barcelonan. “As a Parisian and Frenchman, to see him here again playing nice with Argentina? Guys, if there’s any way to dispute the fact that Messi made fun of us for two years, whistle at him, launched the ex-Blues and PSG midfielder this Tuesday on RMC. To show him that we are very unhappy with the image he gave of PSG, Paris and France. »
“Let the respect be mutual”
Jérôme Rothen criticizes Messi for the many criticisms he made after his departure from Paris Saint-Germain last summer. “He has taken shots since he left: at PSG, at France, in Paris, Rothen protests. That it would be a disaster to live in Paris, he would not have been received as he should have been… But not at all: he was put on top of the Eiffel Tower, like Neymar. And respect, I think all French people had it when he arrived. In return, you expect respect to be reciprocal. And that was never the case. »
