Paris Saint-Germain will be without Messi for their next two games. According to our information, confirming that of L’Équipe and RMC Sport, the Argentinian playmaker is suspended for a period of fifteen days by the capital club, for having traveled to Saudi Arabia without the agreement of its leaders. .
Lionel Messi will therefore not participate in the trip to Troyes this Sunday evening, nor in the reception of Ajaccio on May 13 at the Parc des Princes. As part of this disciplinary procedure, he is also ousted from training, as was the case this Wednesday morning. His teammates trained without him at Camp des Loges. Finally, the Parisian number 30 receives a financial penalty since, during this period of suspension, he will receive neither salary nor bonuses.
An exceptional sanction for Paris Saint-Germain, which estimated on Tuesday that the institution had been flouted in an “unbearable” way. Because if Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, president of the club, and Luis Campos, his sports adviser, had been informed of this trip, they had not given their agreement to the Argentine player, who, in fact, missed training for this Monday at the Camp des Loges, the day after the 3-1 defeat at the Parc des Princes against Lorient.
By going to the Gulf, Lionel Messi was honoring a tourism ambassador contract, which he signed with Saudi Arabia. Just a year ago, in May 2022, the Argentinian had already flown to the kingdom of Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohamed bin Salman.
