Messi, is it already over?

At the end of his contract with Paris Saint-Germain next June, Lionel Messi has not yet extended. Jérôme Rothen wants the story to end there.

Pushed towards the exit at FC Barcelona, ​​​​ Lionel Messi landed in a bit of a disaster at Paris Saint Germain in the summer of 2021. A year and a half later, the Argentinian comes to the end of the contract which binds him to the French club and is still thinking about his future. A close exists for the sevenfold Ballon d’Or to extend the Parisian adventure for another year, but for the time being, the Argentinian clan and PSG have not yet concluded the deal. For some, the idea of ​​seeing “la Pulga” leave would not be a bad thing since it would allow PSG to go on a new project.

This is the opinion of Jérôme Rothen who developed his argument Monday evening on the antenna of RMC. For the host, the Messi parenthesis must end. ” Next year we will have to rebuild something. There is something that tells me that Messi’s extension is bullshit. Already in terms of staff, managing the three (Mbappé, Neymar and Messi, editor’s note) it is complicated. Then there is the payroll. We saw that PSG was stuck with financial fair play because the wage bill exploded. […] There you have the opportunity to recover a large sum of money because Messi’s salary is substantial. »

“No effort to put the club forward”

Former player of the Parisian club, Jérôme Rothen also insisted on the minimum integration of Lionel Messi. ” It’s a very bad idea to extend Leo Messi. In addition, in terms of image and what Leo Messi sends back, I would not understand as a Paris Saint-Germain lover that Leo Messi wants to extend the adventure. He makes no effort to put the club forward, to thank the supporters, he lowers his head and goes straight to the locker room. On the celebration of his goals, his name is chanted, he never has a nice gesture for the supporters to thank them. So he doesn’t want to invest more than that. So many reasons that make Jérôme Rothen say that in June 2023, Lionel Messi and PSG are over.