“I thought it was a joke when they told me that Messi was coming to PSG,” said Pochettino

“I thought it was a joke when they told me that Messi was coming to PSG,” said Pochettino

The DT from Rosario also counted: “Lepoonardo called me every night to explain how the negotiation was. The moment the possibility of PSG appeared, Leo wanted to come and then when it was agreed we talked normally with him. We had the advantage that there were players like Neymar and Di María at PSG that they had told him what the club and Paris were “.

Pochettino He then responded about the gesture of Messi when he decided to replace him in the match against him Lyon, the day of the debut of the Argentine star. “Leo was surprised because no player wants to leave the field. That day Messi was surprised and I asked him: ‘How are you?’ And he looks at me as if to say: ‘I’m fine’. But it was just that. what happened”, he detailed.

“We wanted to protect him from the possibility of injury. Then he was two games without playing and we were lucky that he recovered quickly. And against Manchester City he was decisive in such an important match.”he added about it.

Finally, Pochettino underlined: “I say again that there was no intention, beyond protecting and taking care of him; if you have Messi and you go 1- 1 you will have a better chance of winning the game if you have him on the field. It is a very clear obviousness” .

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