Leonardo de Araújo, sports director of Paris Saint-Germain confirmed in an interview with France Football Magazine that French club Lionel Messi is keeping an eye on him and will remain interested in signing him at the end of this season if the Argentinian star decides to leave leave. when concluding your contract. “Great players like Messi will always be on the PSG list,” the Brazilian leader concluded.
“Of course this is not the time to talk or dream about it, but we are sitting at the table of those who follow the case … In fact, we are not yet, but our seat is reserved just in case …” revealed Leonardo, who placed special emphasis on proclaiming that there is time to propose the appointment of the captain of Barça.
“Four months in football is an eternity, especially in these times,” he agreed, recalling that during his last public appearance, Messi warned in an interview with La Sexta that he will not talk about his future until the end of the season. decide when he will announce his intention to renew his contract with Barça or leave the club where he has developed his entire sports career.
PSG’s priority is to ensure the continuity of Kylian Mbappé and Neymar, the club’s leading footballers whom Leonardo trusts to keep in Paris. “I hope they are convinced that PSG is now a good place for an ambitious footballer of a very high level. We just need to match their wishes, their requirements, our expectations and our resources,” said the sports director. We don’t have to beg them, “Please stay.” It’s more than that. Those who really want to stay will stay. But we talk regularly and I have good feelings about these two issues, ”he said.
Patience and dedication
Leonardo made it clear with how much patience PSG will take over the Messi case in the coming months, attentive to the Argentinian player’s movements and hoping that if he leaves Barça he can convince him to join the project of the French champion who, emphasized, is firm in his ambitions under the auspices of Qatar.
“This relationship is based on Qatar’s emotion and passion for PSG and football … I still believe people are not always grateful enough for this commitment,” the leader agreed, recalling that this relationship in the past caused that. . the club had the opportunity to sign world-class athletes.
Check out what QSI’s PSG did for Ligue 1. shepherd, Ancelotti, Thiago Silva, Ibrahimovic, Beckham, Cavani, Neymar, Mbappé, Marquinhos, Verratti, From Maria, Icardi, Navas … They all came. Thanks to whom? Can we stop talking about money all the time to appreciate, of course, a little bit of all the work and dedication that has gone into PSG’s favor, but also the image and reputation of French football abroad? “, Leonardo asked, ending with another uncomfortable question: can we remember the day when Qatar, tired of all these stories, decides to leave?”