After recently leaving FC Barcelona, Argentine striker Lionel Messi is approached on the side of PSG.
Despite the articles published in recent hours by French media on the subject, the former coach of AJ Auxerre, Guy Roux, does not believe "yet" in Messi at PSG, he said on Saturday on Europe 1.
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After leaving his long-standing club, FC Barcelona, three days ago, the player will speak on Sunday at 12 p.m. on his visit to Catalonia.
In the meantime, his future is colored a lot of ink in some French newspapers which claim that the trend is for Messi to arrive in the club in the capital.
According to
Le Parisien
, an agreement could be reached "by tomorrow (Sunday)".
"Paris melts on Messi", headlines the daily
L'Equipe
on Saturday
, referring to a "record contract" of three years, "with an annual net salary of 40 million euros."
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Not "a truth already made" for Guy Roux
But for the former coach of AJ Auxerre and European football consultant Guy Roux, nothing is certain yet.
At our microphone on Saturday, he indicated that he "did not yet" believe in the arrival of the striker at PSG.
"This is so good news that I fear, or suppose, that eventually some media have pounced on it as if it is already a truth already made, and it is not."
It is true that the transfer window, on the football scene, is famous for its endless twists and turns.
On the other hand, Guy Roux says "sign" without hesitation for this opportunity.
“But I'm not paying,” he jokes.
"Well, it is free, it is free, there is no transfer, but it has a pharaonic salary", he justifies.
"We must not trust this big flea market which takes place on the side of PSG"
And even if Messi joined an already well-stocked Parisian workforce with Neymar and Mbappé, the former coach claims not to be one of those "who think that PSG is crushing everything". To explain his position, Guy Roux calms the ardor concerning certain new recruits. "For example (Sergio) Ramos, he's been here for a month now and ... he's getting ready. But Ramos only played 15 games last year so it's not necessarily going to be a great boost." , he tackles. "So we should not trust this big flea market which takes place on the side of Paris Saint-Germain."