Nasser Al Khelaifi, president of Paris Saint-Germain, is not uncomfortable with questions about Lionel Messi. After Neymar hit the red button after winning Manchester United (1-3) revealing his intentions to play with the Argentine star, the president was asked on French television and he dribbled with class but without denying any possibility.
In the program Touche went to the pole! of the French channel C8, its presenter, Cyril Hanouna, called the president live to find out about the current situation of the signing. “Do you know if Messi is going to come to PSG?”, The communicator asked him. “I can't talk about that,” answered, laughing, the head of the capital club. In the first place, he claimed to be in Barcelona as a joke but, given the speculations that he knew could be formed by his visit to Barcelona and the possible misunderstandings, the president wrote to the presenter to clarify live that he really was London.
Neymar activates the pump
The word 'bomb' was repeated this Thursday throughout the French press to qualify Neymar's statements fearing a new exit attempt from the Brazilian 10. “What I want most is to be with him on the court again. He could be in my place, he has no problem. I want to play with him and I'm sure next year we have to do it,” he said. These, now, are focused as a possible maneuver to seduce Messi to land in the capital of the hexagon. Another who joined was Leandro Paredes, Neymar's teammate at PSG and Messi in the national team. “Here we await you with open arms,” he launched.
Messi ends his contract in 2021 and several clubs are on the prowl. Manchester City seemed the best placed but, now, PSG also moves in the public sphere playing with Neymar's trump card. In mid-January, there will be a change in the presidency of FC Barcelona and the new 'boss' of Can Barça has the historic task of convincing Leo to continue after his exit attempt this past summer, burofax through. In Paris and Manchester they are already moving so that this relationship is broken and on the 10th it changes its scene.