Lionel Messi apologizes to PSG for unscheduled trip to Saudi Arabia
Argentine striker Paris Saint-Germain Lionel Messi has made a statement after being suspended from training with the team. The athlete spoke on Instagram (the social network is banned in the Russian Federation; it belongs to the Meta corporation, which is recognized as extremist in Russia and banned).
“I thought they would give us a day off after the game, as they always have. I arranged the trip and couldn’t cancel it. Because before I already had to cancel it, ”said the forward. He apologized to his teammates and said that he was waiting for the decision of the club’s management regarding his future.
On May 2, it became known about the decision of PSG to remove Messi from training and matches for two weeks for a trip to Saudi Arabia. The athlete went there as a tourism ambassador of an Arab country, without warning the team management.
Messi signed a contract with the Parisians in August 2021, it runs until June 2023 with the option of a one-season extension. Prior to that, the striker played for Barcelona throughout his career, in which he won the Spanish championship ten times and won the Champions League four times.
Source: Lenta
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