Messi Deserved More Respect In France – Mbappe

PSG forward, Kylian Mbappe has come out to say that his Lionel Messi wasn’t given the respect he deserved during his spell in France. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, it is clear that the Argentine forward deserves all the respect in the world wherever he plays football, and it is just unfortunate that his PSG stint came with some criticism.

Mbappe added that Lionel Messi will definitely be remembered as one of the greatest footballers ever.

His words, “Messi deserves all the respect and actually in France, he didn’t receive the respect he deserved.”

WOW.

Lionel Andrés Messi, also known as Leo Messi, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains both Major League Soccer club Inter Miami and the Argentina national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Messi has won a record seven Ballon d’Or awards and a record six European Golden Shoes, and in 2020 he was named to the Ballon d’Or Dream Team.

Until leaving the club in 2021, he had spent his entire professional career with Barcelona, where he won a club-record 35 trophies, including ten La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey titles and the UEFA Champions League four times.

With his country, he won the 2021 Copa América and the 2022 FIFA World Cup. A prolific goalscorer and creative playmaker, Messi holds the records for most goals in La Liga (474), most hat-tricks in La Liga (36) and the UEFA Champions League (eight), and most assists in La Liga (192) and the Copa América (17).

He also has the most international goals by a South American male (103). Messi has scored over 800 senior career goals for club and country, and has the most goals by a player for a single club (672).