Luis Fernandez He has responded to Leonardo's statements in which he has assured that the historical context was not in favor of PSG to win the Champions League. The sporting director of the French team justified himself: “Other clubs that started to win in the 70s, such as Inter and Ajax, were built in the 1890s. There is a culture in the city to build. Paris, for example, has never exactly been the city of football. It has always been Marseille “.
Fernández, former player and coach of the Parisian team, responded to Leonardo's words: “When I hear that, it disgusts me, I don't agree. I don't share your opinion at all. All I want is for Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, president of PSG, to put the ideas back in his head. “And he added:” It is a poor excuse. First I ask you to respect the 50 years of PSG and second, there has never been so much money to sign and find the players to win the Champions League. Don't deal with the past, deal with the present! He wants control of the team and we see what happens to all the young people who have left. I have also heard that you have put an Italian doctor on the team. When I see the number of injured players I wonder if, as I have heard, he is the one who granted the week of vacation after the Champions League final or it is not true. It's not their job to give players weeks off. It's from the coach. “
Luis Fernandez He used irony to answer the Brazilian after he played for PSG for one season (1996/97): “It's true that when he went to PSG, he stayed for ten years. It's true, right? As for Rai, he loved the club. Even Ricardo and Valdo. They did not come to the club to stay for a year, burn and go elsewhere. They liked PSG. We cannot take that away from those Brazilians. Leonardo left after a year. So when we talk about culture, you have to know what we say. Its culture is Italian. He could have stayed in Paris to try to grow as a player. What was your choice? Leave. The problem is that in Italy it was not successful. He didn't get the glory he would have liked to have. Now he is in a club where he has a problem with a coach who won't let him. But you don't have to think about the past. So what he says doesn't make sense. These comments are inappropriate and I hope you have the opportunity to let you know. “
Whoever was the coach of Athletic, Espanyol or Betis has asked the PSG fans for respect: “Yes, there is something that has to do with football in Paris. First of all, Leonardo respects all the players who wore the shirt and that They're gone today. I'm thinking of Thierry Bacconnier, Luc Borelli, Michel N'Gom. The same goes for managers. And I don't like to hear that from him when he talks about fans either. Because two or three of them have died, one of them recently. And you have to think about those people, who loved this jersey with pride and are standing up for it. There is a culture of support for PSG. There are stands that were full long before he arrived. When you were a gamer you saw it, right? But he was not interested at the time because he was not interested in Paris Saint-Germain. In his head he only had one thing in mind: going to play for Milan “.