“We don’t touch Messi!”, Hammers former PSG coach Antoine Kombouaré after the Argentinian’s suspension

In a press conference before the meeting of his FC Nantes against Strasbourg, the coach of the Canaries spoke on Friday about the decision of the Parisian management to suspend Lionel Messi for his trip to Saudi Arabia.

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Antoine Kombouaré during the Ligue 1 match between Nantes and Angers, February 8, 2023. (LOIC VENANCE / AFP)

“We don’t deserve Messi.” Passing through a press conference on Friday May 5, before the game of fear between Nantes and Strasbourg decisive for the maintenance (Sunday 3 p.m.), Antoine Kombouaré commented on the news of his former club, Paris Saint-Germain. For him, Lionel Messi is the victim of a “lynching” while the Parisian management opened disciplinary proceedings against him due to an improvised trip to Saudi Arabia at the start of the week without the club’s agreement.

“I don’t care what happens on the pitch, PSG’s problems. I’m in love with the player. We don’t touch Messi, whatever he doesjudged the Nantes coach. Today we are falling on a guy, it’s shameful. If he leaves, I’m super happy, we don’t deserve it [en Ligue 1]he insisted, also referring to criticism of the striker’s performance.

When I hear guys say he doesn’t run enough, I don’t give a fuck. If I had Messi, I would tell him: ‘you stay in front, you never run, you never defend. On the other hand, we give you the balls and I want to see you play, have fun, shine. That’s my opinion as a gamer.”. PSG suspended the seven-time Ballon d’Or on Tuesday for the next two weeks several days after a trip to Saudi Arabia without the agreement of his club.


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