Thomas Meunier visiting the Camp des Loges to say goodbye to his teammates, June 26, 2020. - JEE / SIPA

For Thomas Meunier, it's clear: if he can't fight for the end of the Champions League with PSG in August, it's because of Leonardo. The Belgian defender, who was at the end of the contract and who signed at Borussia Dortmund until 2024, says he wanted to end the Paris adventure otherwise.

"Leonardo never tried to reach an agreement with Dortmund, let alone with me," said the former player from Bruges in an interview with the German press agency DPA. He had contacts with Dortmund but was not interested in a possible loan until the end of August. "

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Meunier said he was annoyed by the remarks made by the Parisian sports director about him. "He said in the French press that I refused to extend my contract with PSG until August, but that is not true. I want to make this clear, "detailed Meunier, who said that PSG asked him by mail to stay away from club facilities during the confinement period and the weeks that followed.

"The club never disrespected him"

Directly targeted, the Brazilian replied. “He had already signed up with Borussia, and he was perfectly entitled. But [to extend by two months], he asked for the same salary as in Borussia. I called Borussia to get a loan and the German club demanded a paid loan. Under these conditions, it was impossible, explained Leonardo to the Parisian . There was no reason to act differently with him. The club never disrespected him. "

The sports director ends by saying that he wanted to act in the same way with all the players concerned by this particular scenario. "We have implemented a common policy: extend them by two months in order to complete the competitions under the same conditions as those in force in their contract which ended on June 30, 2020," explained Leo. Thiago Silva, Eric Choupo-Moting and Sergio Rico agreed. They behaved perfectly. (…) We tried to extend it, he didn't want to, it's his right. "

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