Lionel Messi left team-mate 'surprised' by behaviour inside dressing room

Lionel Messi whitethorn travel crossed arsenic a world-beating eight-time Ballon d'Or winner, but his demeanour is rather the other if 1 of his erstwhile PSG teammates is to spell by

Lionel Messi amazed former PSG team-mate Achraf Hakimi with his quiescent and elemental quality successful the French capital.

Messi’s clip with Les Parisiens was comparatively tumultuous. He joined admittedly against his volition successful 2021, with long-time nine Barcelona successful fiscal turmoil and unable to renew his contract.

The Argentinian, having spent the bulk of his vocation with the Catalan giants, didn’t wholly adapt. Despite winning Ligue 1 successful each of his campaigns, he chose to permission past year aft becoming disgruntled and made his big-money power to the MLS and David Beckham's Inter Miami.

However, during his clip successful France, workfellow Hakimi revealed that the antheral wide considered the top subordinate of his generation, if not all-time, is alternatively humble for idiosyncratic with specified a reputation.

"Building a method narration with him is easy,” Hakimi told L'Equipe successful 2021. "I springiness him the ball, I tally and helium volition enactment it wherever it belongs! (Laughs) I was amazed by the mode helium behaved, helium is simple, quiet."

Hakimi, who inactive stars for the French outfit aft rising done Real Madrid's academy ranks, further revealed that helium was somewhat shocked erstwhile Messi arrived astatine the Stade de France.

"For Messi to permission Barca, similar everyone else, I didn't expect it," Hakimi continued. "And erstwhile I heard you were coming here, what tin I say? A imagination for me! I played with galore large players and the lone 1 I missed was Messi! I americium arrogant to germinate with specified a bully footballer.

"To progress, I wage attraction to however helium trains, however helium plays. It volition turn the squad and each of the players that marque it up. We talk the aforesaid language, successful addition, small by small we are getting to cognize each other."

The connection obstruction has proven a somewhat much challenging obstacle to flooded for the Argentinian wizard since helium switched to his existent nine successful the US, with German-born team-mate Julian Gressel opening up astir however the superstar has settled into the MLS.

"Between maine and Leo we've had this moving gag a small bit. I asked him if helium speaks immoderate English and helium was similar 'no, not really, your Spanish is astir apt amended than my English,'" Gressel revealed connected his Player Manager podcast.

"There was 1 infinitesimal helium came implicit to maine and spoke to maine successful English. It was the archetypal clip helium spoke to maine successful English - during the crippled helium covers his rima due to the fact that determination are ever a cardinal cameras connected him.

"He covers his rima and says 'now, we change. You enactment and Jordi (Alba) runs, Jordi goes much successful behind'. I was conscionable similar 'Yes, good - sounds good!' The comic portion was after, helium goes 'English, beauteous good, no?'. I was similar 'yes, precise very good! I understood everything!’"

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