Argentine international star Lionel Messi is set to rest for a few more days in his country, after winning the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.
Paris club coach Christophe Galtier said - in a press conference in Paris today, Tuesday, commenting on the team's match against Strasbourg tomorrow, Wednesday - that the Argentine national team captain will not return to the club before the beginning of the new year, indicating that it was decided to give him a rest until early next month.
Messi returned after the end of the World Cup in Qatar on the 18th of this month with the national team to Argentina, where he was received by about 5 million fans in the streets and squares in Buenos Aires, before returning to his hometown in Rosario.
On the other hand, Galtier expressed his belief that there could be no problem in the return of the meeting between Messi and his French international colleague Kylian Mbappe, even after the latter was ridiculed by Argentine goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez, indicating that it was not Messi who did this. To bring things together.”
And while Messi has not yet returned to Saint-Germain, Mbappe has returned to the club and is ready to participate after the bitter defeat in the World Cup final against Argentina by penalty kicks, as well as the Brazilian star Neymar, who bid farewell to the World Cup with his country against Croatia in the quarter-finals. tournament.
Galtier stressed that Mbappe and Neymar wanted to return to play quickly, but he pointed out the need to search for a stage in the season in which the players who participated in the World Cup could be compensated for the short rest period.