Argentina superstar Lionel Messi, who left Ligue 1’s Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) for Major League Soccer’s (MLS) Inter Miami this summer, disclosed a “fracture” between himself and many PSG supporters.
Messi, regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time, will join PSG in 2021. Despite the club’s failure to make a breakthrough in the UEFA Champions League, which they had been anticipating for a long time, Messi helped PSG extend their domination in the French top flight by winning two more Ligue 1 titles According to ESPN
Meanwhile, Messi continued to put in strong individual performances for PSG, with 32 goals and 35 assists in 75 games. It was not an easy task because he had to modify his communication approach.
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However, after the FIFA World Cup in Qatar in December 2022, many PSG fans began to boo Messi at the Parc des Princes, the club’s home stadium in Paris.
“Well, I think in the beginning it was something wonderful,” Messi said in an interview with beIN Sports. “Same as the reception I had when I arrived. But then some people started to treat me differently, a part of the Paris supporters.”
“I think the vast majority still see me and treat me as they did at the beginning, but there was a fracture with a significant group of the Paris fans, which obviously wasn’t my intention, far from it. And well, it happened just as it happened before with [Kylian] Mbappe, with Neymar. I know that’s the way they behave,” he added.
The World Cup in Qatar became the first one in the tournament’s history to take place in the middle of the European season.
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