The latest cover of France Football magazine shows Messi dressed in the French club’s shirt under the title “PSG’s secret letter”
Coach Paris Saint-Germain, Mauricio Pochettino, dissociated himself on Tuesday from the cover of France Football magazine, in which Lionel Messi appears with his club’s shirt and assured that Barcelona was not disrespected by the entity.
“That magazine has nothing to do with Paris. And when a player speaks, he does so out of affection and camaraderie. There is no controversy raised by the club. Respect was not disrespected, nothing wrong was done,” he said. technician at a press conference.
Pochettino considered normal for some footballers to refer to other teammates.
“Players can talk and say whatever they want, they speak from feeling, like players from Barcelona and Madrid, they talk about teammates who are in other teams. Here we have total respect for all clubs and players who are in other clubs “, he added.
The coach Barcelona, Ronald Koeman, had considered a few days ago a “Disrespectful” constant references from Paris about the possible arrival of Messi at PSG, whose contract with Barcelona ends at the end of this season.
He did so following the statements of the Argentine Ángel di María, who on the 3rd said that “there are many possibilities” for Messi to make a stop at the club in the French capital.
“It ‘s not fair to talk so much about a player who is still a player Barcelona. It is disrespectful to talk so much about Leo when he plays for him Barcelona“, answer Koeman.
The cover of this Tuesday’s edition of France Football magazine shows Messi wearing the French club’s jersey under the title “PSG’s secret letter”.
“We should not confuse what France Football did, it has nothing to do with PSG,” said Pochettino.