Spanish media: Messi vs. Paris, a dark memory
5:29am, 1 July 2025Football
Le Marca: Messi reunites Paris: The return of a dark memory - "I am not happy in my daily life"
On Sunday, Leonel Messi will usher in an unprecedented moment in his career - facing the team he once played for for the first time. And this reunion is not unusual. He will play against the club where his most difficult experience in his career belongs to, and the team he has the least scoring efficiency (32 goals in 75 games, and an average of more than two goals, which is extremely rare in his career).
In Paris, Messi and his family never really felt happy and never adapted to life there. "I haven't enjoyed those two years," he said not long ago, "My daily life is not happy, and that time is not good for me. I am not satisfied with every day, and training and competitions are difficult for me to accept. It has been difficult for me to adapt."
He said: "At the beginning, the welcome ceremony was very warm. But then, some fans in Paris began to change their attitude towards me. There was a gap between me and the fans, which was not my intention. I know that this is what they acted, and it was the same for Mbappe and Neymar before."
He spent two seasons in Paris (2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons), and this period was exactly the most brilliant stage at the national team level. As an Argentina player, he won the Copa America (Summer 2021), the World Cup (2022) and the European and American Cup (2022) with the Argentina team.
But at the club level, his results were relatively dull, winning only three French League titles and a Super Cup trophy. For Paris, which is determined to be in the Champions League, it is undoubtedly a disappointment to be out of the quarterfinals for two consecutive years (losing to Real Madrid and Bayern respectively).
In May 2023, things fell to the lowest point. Paris unexpectedly lost to Lorient at home. Messi originally planned to go to Saudi Arabia to participate in a business event, but also postponed a trip. However, Paris imposed financial penalties on him on the grounds of "discipline issues" and banned him from participating in training... Although in fact, Messi had almost boarded a flight to Saudi Arabia when the training schedule was changed. Behind this incident is actually the issue of Messi's contract renewal - his contract period will end in one month. Qatar (via Luis Campos) hopes to renew Messi for two years anyway, but Messi (via his father Jorge) asks for more details about the new project. After this poor communication and rejection, this unprecedented punishment incident occurred - you should know that Messi has never missed any team training without approval in his career. Even so, Messi still posted a video through social media to publicly apologize. This is the saddest period of his past two years.
Amid this competitive dissatisfaction and overall atmosphere, this journey to Paris finally came to an end. The seemingly beautiful Paris life (with a superstar lineup such as Neymar, Sergio Ramos, Mbappe and others) has gradually been destroyed by the booing of the fan organization and some negative actions. Therefore, Messi eventually chose not to renew his contract and left Paris. Now he and his family have regained their happiness in Miami. The story between the two did not end there. Just a few days ago, Messi celebrated his 38th birthday, and Paris Saint-Germain also sent blessings on social platforms: "Happy birthday, Leo! See you on Sunday."
In addition, club chairman Nasser Algelefi also expressed his gratitude to past players not long ago. After winning the Champions League in Paris, he said: "I am proud of the team and I also want to sincerely thank all the players who have played for the club - from the early Javier Pastore to former captain Thiago Silva, Ibrahimovic, Cavani, Thiago Mota... and Di Maria, etc. I also want to mention some people, such as Neymar, Messi, Mbappe... for their contributions to the club, I will never forget these. They are part of the success, and it is precisely because of the efforts of the past that we can get to where we are today."
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