Figurehead of the Qataris project at the time of the takeover of PSG in 2011, Javier Pastore will be the first Parisian supporter on Sunday night in the Champions League final against Bayern. On this occasion, El Flaco gave a long interview to our colleagues from L'Equipe . For the Argentine, victory or not on Sunday against the Bavarian machine, the fact that the club reached the final of C1 is already a success in itself.
“PSG has initiated a completely new project. Getting to the final when the project is not ten years old is magnificent. Winning it would be the supreme reward but, if things go wrong against Bayern, it will remain a great success in any case, says the former number 27 of PSG. Paris will approach the next few years in a different way. He has reached the ultimate level. It will bring enormous confidence to current players, as to those of tomorrow. "
"I would have loved to stay"
The darling of the Park took advantage of this interview to come back to the reasons for his departure, in the summer of 2018, after spending seven years in the Parisian jersey. “It was a goodbye that was both wanted and unwanted. Footballistically, I felt I needed to change clubs. I didn't feel so important anymore, I knew better players than me had arrived. I couldn't see myself waiting for a guy to be tired or injured to be able to play. I needed to feel the adrenaline of the competition, to fight every day to get my place for the game, ”he admitted.
However, his story with Paname could have been prolonged. It was in any case the will of Nasser Al-Khelaïfi: “On the other hand, I would have loved to stay, continues Pastore. The president offered me three or four more years and that tempted me. Paris is a city apart for me, I got married there, my children grew up there, I experienced the happiest moments of my life. “Perhaps he will add this Lisbon evening to his list of happy memories with PSG.
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