Jérôme Rothen criticised Lionel Messi after PSG’s Champions League exit.
PSG lost to Bayern München (0-2) in the second leg of the Round of 16 of the Champions League and was eliminated from the tournament.
Messi has no effective actions in four matches in UCL playoffs for PSG. In both cases, the Parisians were eliminated from the tournament in the Round of 16.
“We do not need Messi. He does not want to get involved in this club! He said that he had acclimatised well. But what are you acclimatised to? The thing is that this year you scored 18 goals and provided 16 assists against such teams as Angers and Clermont? In important matches, he just disappears!
I saw how he played at the World Cup. I saw his movements, how he invested himself. Of course, the national team is a different thing, but hey, respect the club that pays you such a salary. Only PSG could give him that.
And PSG management convinced themselves that Messi was going to make us win. But he does not win anything here at all,” Rothen said.
