This Tuesday, Lionel Messi received a harsh sanction by Paris Saint-Germainafter his unauthorized trip to Saudi Arabia, a country for which he acts as tourism ambassador.
In the last days, The flea He landed in Arabia, where he is a tourism ambassador, and the Parisian club did not like that action at all. such as constitution L’Equipe, The PSG leadership made the decision to penalize Messi for absenting himself from training without prior notice.
The sanction in question consists of two weeks without playing, without training and without pay for the captain of the Argentine National Team. In this way, the world champion will miss the next two games of the French tournament, next Sunday in Troyes and against AC Ajaccio on May 13.
As indicated by the same medium, Messi could only play again on May 21 against Auxerre, by the date 36 of Ligue 1 of France. PSG has 75 units in Ligue 1 and Olympique de Marseille is chasing it with 70, so the five games that Christophe Galtier’s men have left in the season will be key.
This sanction is given in the context of the end of the contract with PSG on June 30, and a possible negotiation between Messi and Barcelona for the next 2023-2024 season.
Also joins the criticism of the different sectors of the fans of the Parisian club after a new and early elimination of the team in the European Champions League, the great objective of the Qatari owner of PSG. With this new conflict, It will be necessary to see how the link between the French institution and the Argentine attacker continues.
The current numbers of Lionel Messi at PSG
Lionel Messi has 15 goals in the French competition and he is the second scorer behind Kylian Mbappé, who has 23 goals. In addition, the current world champion with the Argentine national team, He is the team’s top assister with 15 goal passes.
