Paris Saint-Germain President Nasser Al-Khelaifi has revealed why Lionel Messi was not allowed to parade the World Cup championship at Parc Des Princes.

The reason why Messi could not perform the World Cup championship honoring ceremony on PSG’s field

Lionel Messi and Argentina defeated France in Qatar to win the 2022 World Cup during his time with PSG. The 36-year-old player then also won the title of Best Player of the tournament, ahead of his former teammate Kylian Mbappe.

However, in an interview with Migue Granados on OLGA last year, Messi admitted he was “not happy” at PSG and seemed very disappointed with the way he was treated after winning the World Cup. He can only perform the honor ceremony on the training ground and not on PSG’s home field.

Messi shared: “I can understand that. We are in a situation where we [Argentina] are world champions and it is our fault that they [France] cannot win once.” again”.

Messi cannot perform the World Cup championship honoring ceremony on PSG’s field

Now, PSG president, Mr. Al-Khelaifi, has just explained this issue. He said: “For me, as I said, if anyone talks about us not having a celebration for Messi after he won the World Cup, it’s because we were in France and he defeated Kylian”.

“We are a French club. I also don’t want the whole stadium to be against Messi. I think we have to respect that.”

Back in September, Al-Khelaifi also released a statement about this incident. In quotes from Football Espana, he said: “As everyone has seen, because we even published a video, we honored Messi in training and we also honored him privately. “.

“But with respect, we are a French club. Of course celebrating in the stadium is very sensitive. We have to respect the country he beat, his teammates in the French team and our fans too.”

Messi scored 32 goals in 75 appearances during his time at PSG. Last summer, he moved to Inter Miami to conquer new challenges.