According to Marca (Spain), it is no coincidence that striker Mbappe was absent when Messi returned to PSG with the 2022 World Cup title and the club’s impressive honor for the Argentine superstar.
As soon as the 2022 World Cup ended with a very dramatic competition between France and Argentina with Mbappe and Messi , it seemed that there was an arrangement by the PSG club to avoid a conflict between the two best players when they returned to the team after the tournament, Marca reported.
PSG continuously issued notices for Messi to be allowed to rest to celebrate the 2022 World Cup. These statements were made by the club’s President, Mr. Nasser Al-Khelaifi and coach Christophe Galtier.
And also coincidentally, soon after that Mbappe decided to return to practice at PSG just over 2 days after the 2022 World Cup final, playing 2 matches in Ligue 1 including winning Strasbourg 2-1 (scoring the decisive goal). ) and a 1-3 loss to Lens before being allowed to take a few days off with his close friend defender Achraf Hakimi.
This is also the time when Messi announced his return to PSG and had just been honored with all players and staff lining up to welcome two rows. This welcome ceremony did not include Mbappe and Hakimi, although there was a reason that was supposed to be arranged by the PSG club, but this further showed that there was a rift between Mbappe and Messi, Marca reported.
In addition, Messi was determined by coach Christophe Galtier to play again in the PSG match against Angers in the middle of next week in the Ligue 1 with the honor at the Parc des Princes.
Most likely in this match Mbappe will continue to be absent because he only returned from the holiday, so he did not have time to prepare to play, and avoid the day Messi was honored by PSG fans, according to Marca newspaper .
