‘Let Messi stay at PSG; it’s good for Argentina’: Mario Alberto Kempes’s advice to Leo Messi

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“I don’t think it’s healthy for him to return to Barcelona. He would be better off in France, so that he arrives calmly at the next World Cup, he should stay there. Barcelona’s objectives are different, he is still building up, after his departure”, confessed the world champion with the Argentine National Team in conversation with Spanish Super Deportivo Radio.

“There are many problems. Being selfish and thinking about the Argentine National Team, let him stay at PSG. For physical and mental peace of mind, it is more likely that he will reach the National Team fresher in France than in Barcelona,” added the Matador.

There were high hopes he could lead PSG to an elusive Champions League title, but instead the Qatari-backed club went out in the round of 16 in consecutive seasons.

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He was among the players jeered last season after PSG was knocked out by Real Madrid, and although Messi’s form was outstanding in the first half of this campaign, it dipped significantly after he led Argentina to the World Cup title in Qatar.

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“So Messi within that tranquility and to arrive well and fresh to the commitments with the Argentine National Team would have to stay, because Barcelona’s objectives are totally different,” Kempes justified.