Leonardo de Araújo opens the door of the PSG to Lionel Messi

Leonardo de Araújo, sporting director of Paris Saint-Germain confirmed in an interview with France Football magazine that the French club does not lose sight of Lionel Messi and maintains his interest in signing at the end of this season if the Argentine crack decides to leave Barcelona at the conclusion of his contract. “Great players like Messi will always be on the PSG list,” the Brazilian leader said.

“Of course, this is not the time to talk or dream about it, but we are sitting at the table of those who are following the case … In fact we are not sitting yet but our chair is reserved for itself …” he revealed Leonardo, who placed special emphasis on proclaiming that there is time ahead to consider hiring the Barça captain.

“Four months in football is an eternity, especially in these times,” he agreed, recalling that Messi warned in his last public appearance, in an interview with La Sexta, that he will not decide his future until the end of the season, when he will announce his intention to renew his contract with Barça or leave the club where he has developed his entire sporting career.

The priority of the PSG is to ensure the continuity of Kylian Mbappé and Neymar, top players at the club and whom Leonardo trusts to keep in Paris. “I hope they are convinced that PSG is a good place at the moment for an ambitious and very high level footballer. We just have to agree between his wishes, his demands, our expectations and our means,” revealed the sporting director, ruling that “we don’t have to pray- ‘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 commitment

Leonardo showed the patience with which PSG will take the Messi case in the coming months, attentive to the movements of the Argentine player and hoping that, if he leaves Barça, he can convince him to join the project of the ‘Gallic champion who, stand out, is firm in his ambitions under the auspices of Qatar.

“This relationship is based on Qatar’s excitement and passion for PSG and football … I still believe that people are not always grateful enough for this commitment,” agreed the leader, who recalled that this relationship in the past caused the club to have the opportunity to sign world-class athletes.

“Look at what QSI PSG did for Ligue 1. Pastor, Ancelotti, Thiago Silva, Ibrahimovic, Beckham, Weather in Cavani, Neymar, Mbappé, Marquinhos, Verratti, De Maria, Icardi, Navas … They all came. Thanks to whom? Can we stop talking about money all the time to appreciate, a little, all the work and commitment assumed in favor of PSG, of course, but also the image and reputation of French football abroad? “Leonardo wondered, which ended with another awkward question: Can we think of the day when Qatar, tired of all these stories, decides to leave?”

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