Ligue 1
July for Messi: ‘Who else but Paris would pay him?’
Veteran Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona striker Ludovic Giulie referred to Lionel Messi and his move to Paris, stressing that there was no other team that could lift the “weight” of his salary.
Lionel Messi had to voluntarily and involuntarily turn the page of his football career last summer and wear another team’s colors after 21 years at Barcelona.
The chosen one was Paris Saint-Germain, with the Parisians and the Blaugrana’s veteran midfielder Ludovic Giulie, speaking to RMC, claiming the Argentine didn’t end up in Paris as he had no options.
The 45-year-old Frenchman claimed Messi’s merit is such that no team other than Paris can afford it.
“Who else would pay him? City had taken Grillis. If it had happened a month earlier, Guardiola would have greeted him with a red carpet. But who can pay that? Only Paris could have paid for that! When Leo left he knew it there was a problem, do you think Nasser didn’t call him?
Of course she called him. Of course talks had started. Leo thought Barcelona would offer to cut his salary by 50/5 but they didn’t even offer him that! He knows Neymar, Paredes, Di Maria… Where do you think he would go? They called him and said, “We welcome you”, said Julia.
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