The Big Thing: What next for Messi?
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🗓️ 14 April 2023
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Whistled and jeered in Paris, cheered in Barcelona; what comes next for Lionel Messi?
Since the World Cup, Messi and PSG have struggled to find success in the 2023 season. What is the current situation at PSG? Where might he end up? Why did he leave (or have to leave) Barcelona in the first place? We answer those and many other questions on this week's Big Thing episode.
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| 0:28.5 | Thank you. Welcome, welcome everybody to a big thing episode of The Total Soccer Show. |
| 0:56.5 | My name is Taylor Rockwell, and each week we dedicate the Friday show to discussing a major topic we have not yet been able to discuss in detail. |
| 1:03.4 | This week, it's Lino Messi time. |
| 1:05.8 | He was worshipped in Argentina when he returned home to play in their most recent international window, |
| 1:10.1 | but headed back to PSG, where he's been booed, whistled, and the subject of intense scrutiny and debate. Is he the problem at PSG, a problem at PSG, or an unfair scapegoat at PSG? Or maybe all the above, who knows? Will he stay with the Superclub? Will he look for a return to Barcelona? Might MLS or Saudi Arabia be in his future? Is it annoying to me that I have to include those two leagues together in the same sentence? |
| 1:32.9 | The answer to that last one is a definite yes. |
| 1:35.6 | Joining me to talk about all things messy are Graham Ruffin. Hello, Graham. |
| 1:39.5 | Hello. |
| 1:40.3 | And Joe Lowry. Hello, Joe. |
| 1:42.1 | Hello. |
| 1:43.6 | We're getting right into it, but I appreciate your resounding hello's gentlemen, but also serious hellos. |
| 1:48.9 | They imply the severity of this topic. |
| 1:52.1 | Good afternoon. |
| 1:53.9 | Graham, let's start with Messy's present situation at PSG, maybe less so from an on-field standpoint than from a contract standpoint. |
| 2:02.8 | What is the kind of status of his deal with PSG? |
| 2:06.0 | So Messi is reaching the end of a two-year contract. |
| 2:09.9 | He signed with PSG when he left Barcelona in the summer of 2021. |
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