Leo messi, new player of the París Saint-Germain (PSG), noted that he was very happy to arrive in the French capital and thanked the PSG to sign him after a “tough start” of the Barcelona. “I’m very happy and you all know about my departure from Barcelona, where it was very hard, it’s been many years, it’s difficult to change after so long, just getting here the happiness is huge,” he said in his first words to French club. He also thanked the PSG management for signing him, because “it wasn’t easy”.
Accompanied by his wife and three children in a press room overflowing, he quoted the president of PSG, the Qatari Nasser Al-Khelaifi -present at his side in the conference-, and the sporting director, the Brazilian Leonardo. “I appreciate how they treated me, it was quick and easy to have little time, because it was very difficult to fix it so quickly,” he said. The 34-year-old Argentine was happy to share a dressing room with the “best in the world” in his position, in reference to his new teammates. Neymar i Kylian Mbappe, among others. Messi, who has left the Camp Nou after 17 seasons in Barça’s first team, he said that Neymar himself was very important, with whom he maintains a friendly relationship after meeting Barça (2013-17), in addition to his compatriots Angel di Maria i Leandro Paredes. “He’s done a lot to be able to come here,” he said.
However, he referred to the great desire of PSG, the Champions League, and has commented on what it takes to win it (Messi has four). “There are times when you can have the best team in the world and not win, sometimes small details leave you out, and we know the difficulty of the Champions League: PSG with a team could not get it,” said Messi. who has emphasized the need for “a little luck” and “a good group”. On a possible reunion with Barça in the Champions, said it would be “nice to return to Barcelona”, but explained that it would also be “strange”. “This is football and anything can happen, we’ll see,” he concluded. Regarding the premiere with the colors of PSG, he has not given a date and has said that he has to do a mini preseason (he finished the America’s Cup in July) and talk to the coaching staff to measure sensations.
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