after harshly criticize Real Madrid for having contacted Kylian Mbappé during the past transfer market of summer, Leonardo surprised recognizing that Paris Saint-Germain did the same with Leo Messi. The sporting director of the Parisian team, however, admitted that in his case it was something totally legal and legal, as they only did so from last January.
From January 1, the crack became a free player to negotiate with whoever he wanted. Therefore, it is totally legal for the Parisians or any other team to contact him to try to sign-free for July 1st. The former Brazilian player made this very clear so as not to generate controversy. “I can’t hide that we had contacts before. We talk, but always after the month of January“He said.
Leonardo insisted on the legality of the French negotiation with Leo, clarifying that it had nothing to do with what has happened, for example, with Mbappé and Madrid. “We did it when he was six months away from the end of his contract. Everything was done perfectly“We never contacted him before January,” the PSG technical secretary said in an interview with Canal + France.
On the other hand, the Brazilian admitted that Messi’s idea was always to stay at Barça. However, once that door was closed to him, the now ’30’ made it clear to Paris Saint-Germain his desire to sign for the club. “I think his idea was to stay in Barcelona and possibly retire there“But when it was all over, the desire to come that he showed motivated us a lot to sign,” he said.
Leonardo was thrilled to be able to sign Messi
The sporting director of the French capital acknowledged that he was very excited to see the best player in the world and perhaps history in the Parc des Princes. “Imagine a player like Messi wearing the Paris Saint-Germain shirt“It’s a huge thing, very beautiful,” said Rio de Janeiro, excited to see the crack this season in Paris.