Lionel Messi has once againdisappointed with his performances for Paris Saint-Germain , as per the French media, after theRed-and-Blues crashed out of the 2021-2022 Coupe de FranceRound of 16 earlier this week.The Argentine scored from the penalty spot in the penalty roulette, and that could be labeled as the only rare markhe left during thegame.
He reportedly traveled to Barcelona last week to meet with current Blaugrana managerXavi Hernandez, as well as Sergio Busquets, and Jordi Alba. However, Messi’s former teammateGerard Pique was not present at the dinner. Their relationship had cooled after the Argentine star left for France,and the 34-year-old is not happy withthe way the Spanish defender reacted to his departure.
Meanwhile, Barca arealso struggling, as they have sufferedelimination from the SpanishSuper Cup, the Champions League, and the Copa del Rey this season. Messi spent 21years there and he is reportedly not happy with the way things are looking in Catalonia. As a result, Argentine media claim that heis angry with Joan Laporta , and the forward has singled the Barcelona president out as the only culprit for his Camp Nou exit.
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In PSG, Messi appears to feelleft out in the cold, like an outcast, and Argentine publication El Confidential have made known several possible reasons for that. Itis stated that the French giant’swingeris yet to recoverfrom the after-effectsof COVID-19 due to which he missed almost three weeks of action. He apparentlystill has no strength in his bodyto play 90 minutes at the moment, especially not at the high rhythm level of soccer that is played in Ligue 1.
El Confidential also suggestthat Paris simply does not suit Messi .He reportedly finds the weather too cold and too rainy compared to the sunny Barcelona, and he doesn’t have manyclose friends in the dressing room beside the South American players. Although the club has arranged special language classes for Messi and his family, it is reported that they do not speak French effectively and it is causing a communicationproblem in the locker room.
In addition, the seven-time Ballon d’Or winnerspent his first months in Paris at the Royal Monceau hotel before moving to a 300-square-meter villa near his fellow national teamplayers, Angel DiMaria, and Leandro Paredes. The superstar laments his previous home in Castelldefels, 20 kilometers outside of Barcelona because his new house lacks a soccer pitch, a swimming pool, and an expansive garden, as well as a picturesque view of the mountains and sea that he had become accustomed to.
