We now know that Lionel Messi will be suspended for several days by Paris Saint-Germain for having gone after the match against Lorient (1-3) in Saudi Arabia without having received authorization from the club. The Argentine world champion is not the first Parisian player to be sanctioned in this way during the QSI era. Others before him have already suffered the wrath of the Parisian club.
When Cavani and Lavezzi extend their holidays in 2015
Expected for an internship in Morocco on December 28, 2014, Edinson Cavani and Ezequiel Lavezzi arrived a few days later claiming family reasons. Furious, Laurent Blanc had put the two players away from the group for a few days and had deprived them of the matches against Montpellier in the 32nd finals of the Coupe de France, and in Bastia for the resumption of Ligue 1. “I find this unacceptable and unacceptable, complained Blanc. We had explanations with them and, following that, the club took financial and sporting sanctions. As soon as we put our individual project before the collective, we endanger the collective. I hate that. As soon as we touch the collective and the team, I can become stupid and radical. Cavani was fined 64,000 euros and Lavezzi 44,000.
Serge Aurier cracks on Periscope in 2016
The Ivorian defender had completely cracked on the night of February 13 to 14, 2016 on the Periscope network where he indulged in insults towards his coach Laurent Blanc and some of his teammates. Aurier had received a six-day layoff that he had already carried out as part of a precautionary procedure even before his sanction was pronounced. Financially, the former Toulousain did not receive his salary corresponding to his six days of layoff as well as part of his ethics and collective bonuses. And he had been left for three weeks at the disposal of the reserve team.
Pastore and (again) Cavani late in 2018
At the end of the winter break, Javier Pastore and Edinson Cavani did not show up at the Camp des Loges for the resumption in order to continue their vacation in South America a little longer. Faced with the tensions in the locker room caused by their attitude, Antero Henrique, the sports director, had written an official statement of call to order without giving the exact nature of the sanctions pronounced against the two players. “Following the numerous comments concerning the late return of two of our players, I would like to affirm, as sporting director of Paris Saint-Germain, that our desire has been and will always be to resolve this situation internally, without spreading it. publicly all the details, wrote Henrique. In this context, I am fully at the coach’s side for all the decisions that have been and will be made. »
Verratti positive for a blood alcohol test while driving in 2018
On October 31, 2018, the Italian midfielder underwent a positive alcohol test. Very quickly, the club reacted with an official press release. “On the night of October 30 to 31, Marco Verratti was the subject of a roadside check at the wheel of his car, which revealed a blood alcohol level (0.49 mg/l of exhaled air) above the limit authorized for drivers in probationary period (0.10 mg/l of exhaled air) following the recent obtaining of their driving license (…) Under the rules applicable to the contracts of all our players, Marco Verratti will be removed part of his monthly ethics bonus, which reminds players of the exemplary behavior that must be theirs in all circumstances with regard to their status as a Paris Saint-Germain player. »
Kylian Mbappé and Adrien Rabiot miss the start of a chat in 2019
On October 28, 2019, Kylian Mbappé and Adrien Rabiot arrived a few minutes late for Thomas Tuchel’s talk preceding an OM-PSG match (0-2). Both men were benched at kick-off. The ethics bonus of the Parisian striker had been amputated in the wake of 180,000 euros. This money was then donated to the PSG Foundation.
