Lionel Messi, the six-time Ballon d’Or
Award winner, has met with Kylian
Mbappe and other players of Paris St-
Germain which he joined days ago.
The Argentine was announced as the
club’s new signing on Tuesday and
was yesterday unveiled to the club’s
supporters after his first press
conference in Paris.
Speaking during the press conference,
the former Barcelona captain
expressed excitement at the chance of
playing alongside Mbappe and
Neymar.
“To play alongside Mbappe and
Neymar in attack is crazy, I’m really
excited to get started,” Messi said.
Sharing photos of their meeting as
teammates, Mbappe whose Twitter
avatar is a picture of late Argentine
legend, Diego Maradona, wrote,
“Welcome to Paris, Léo.”
One of the Photos shows Messi
hugging Mbappe whom he once
played against during his Barcelona
days. Both players also faced off at the
2018 World Cup second-round game
which saw Mbappe score two goals
for eventual winners, France, to
prevent Messi’s Argentina from
reaching the quarter-finals.
However, PSG chairman, Nasser al-
Khelaifi, said on Wednesday that the
Frenchman has “no reason” to leave
the club after Messi’s signing.
“Kylian is a Parisian, he’s very
competitive. He said he wanted a
competitive team,” Al-Khelaifi was
quoted by AFP on Wednesday.
“Now there’s no one more competitive
than us. He has no reason to do
anything else,” other than stay, he
added.
