PSG – Lothar Matthäus praises buying frenzy: “Doesn’t sound bad for football romantics”
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Lothar Matthäus thinks that Lionel Messi is now kicking for Paris Saint-Germain all too well. He likes to watch the superstar from Argentina.
Record international player Lothar Matthäus supports Lionel Messi’s free transfer from FC Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain and is looking forward to the newly created star selection.
“This is a sensational change,” said Matthäus at a PR appointment from Interwetten on Thursday in Düsseldorf. Looking at the PSG squad, he added: “That doesn’t sound bad for a football romantic.” The 34-year-old Argentine will meet Neymar, Kylian Mbappe, Angel Di Maria, Mauro Icardi, Marco Verratti and the newly signed Sergio Ramos, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Achraf Haikimi and Georginio Wijnaldum in his new team.
Lionel Messi on PSG: Matthew likes to watch him
Most recently, PSG had received more criticism for his shopping spree and Messi’s costly commitment in the football world. Messi has signed a two-year deal with an option for another. According to the newspaper The Parisian he collects an annual net salary of 41 million euros. The hand money is said to have amounted to 40 million euros.
“The fact that there is money in Paris, that Messi earns a lot there and that financial fair play is being discussed again – everything is fine,” said Matthäus. “But I wouldn’t judge Paris and say: ‘They have so many good players and have already spent so much money.’ We’re happy that Messi will stay with us. I mean, he can make that much money for ten more years. I just love to watch him. “
Paris receives massive financial support from the state of Qatar. President Nasser Al-Khelaifi brushed aside concerns about a possible breach of financial fair play regulations at Messi’s presentation in Paris on Wednesday: “It is clear to us that we want to adhere to financial fair play. We always want to heed that before we do anything The first thing we did was look at our numbers and see if that was possible. We saw: Yes, we can sign him. “
Matthew on Messi: “The tears were real”
Just a few days before his presentation in Paris, Messi had tearfully said goodbye to his ex-club Barcelona. “The tears were real, they can’t be played,” said Matthäus. “I don’t trust Messi to be such an actor who then cries at the push of a button. He can’t.”
With Barcelona, Messi won the Champions League four times in 2006, 2009, 2011 and 2015. Matthäus expects that he will follow up with a fifth triumph at PSG: “This club only wants one thing: to win the Champions League. If anyone asks me now about the Champions League favorite, it should be Paris Saint-Germain. “
