DECRYPTION – Criticized and even whistled by some supporters, the seven-time Ballon d’Or can end the season and his visit to Paris on a historic note.
Rise and fall. From his triumphant arrival at Le Bourget in August 2021, to the repeated whistles of part of the Parc des Princes at the end of the season, Leo Messi will have spent two contrasting seasons in the colors of PSG. So contrasting that those who rejoice in his probable departure, at the end of the 2022-23 campaign and his contract, are numerous. A frustrating, disappointing page, even if Christophe Galtier judges that the seven-time 35-year-old Argentinian Ballon d’Or “had a very good season with PSG. Afterwards, people always expect a lot more, but it was already much better than last season.That’s for sure… It wasn’t hard. In the meantime, the “Pulga” will therefore never have won the hearts of the most fervent Parisian fans. Messi will perhaps mark the history books more than the memories by the end of the season, after the match this Saturday in Strasbourg and the reception of Clermont (June 3).
There is little doubt that he will succeed Kylian Mbappé…
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