His medical tests when he arrived in Paris had apparently amazed the staff.
Three months later, Sergio Ramos, weighed down by injuries, has yet to play with PSG.
"Maybe the reality of Sergio Ramos is different from that of 2014, or that of Messi and Neymar", slipped Mauricio Pochettino in the Spanish program Universo Valdano, on Movistar +.
Aged 36, the former captain of Real Madrid, with a record as long as a polar night, landed free in the French capital after an already chaotic 2020-21 exercise, concluded with a non-selection for the Euro with the Spain. We remember in particular his catastrophic return during the semi-final return of C1 to Chelsea (2-0), in early May. “These footballers are great champions but they have to get used to reality,” continued the Argentine coach. We all have in mind that they have been the best, but they have to be at their level. If they get that status back, of course we can do anything. "
Pochettino compares his constellation of stars to “an orchestra” in which each artist must fight “to find the best version” of himself.
He also evokes the arrival of Messi, "probably the best player of all time", as "a gift of life".
But also Leonardo and Nasser al-Khelaïfi, whom the technician does not forget to greet in passing.
Mbappé, "the present and the future"
And since it is an interview granted to a Spanish media, it was necessarily a passage on Kylian Mbappé, "a great professional", who "respected his contractual situation", welcomes "Poche".
“Kylian is a smart boy, young but mature.
He is an extraordinary footballer, world champion.
It is the present and the future.
In the short term anyway.
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