It is no exaggeration to say that Barca is the paradise of Messi's career, the Argentine superstar has won countless championship trophies and personal honors at the Camp Nou, the identity of the team's number one core has always been unshakable, strong stars such as Ibrahimovic, Suarez, Neymar and Griezmann can only act as green leaves around Messi, under normal circumstances, the desire of Argentine superstars to retire from Barca has no problem at all.
Unfortunately, Barca suffered an unprecedented financial crisis, Messi's overpaid salary became a heavy burden on the club, even if the Argentine superstar accepted a salary cut of half, Laporta still felt unacceptable. In fact, in addition to Messi's annual salary is indeed astronomical, there is also an important factor is that Messi is no longer young, Laporta does not want to take any more risks, otherwise Barca's heritage, or can renew Messi's contract.
In desperation, Messi had no choice but to leave Barca, and Paris Saint-Germain became one of the few options for Argentina's superstars. After all this, Messi accepted Nasser's invitation and looked forward to succeeding in Paris, thus proving that even if he left Barca, he would be the king of football today. Paris Saint-Germain is no ordinary European giant, with many top stars such as Mbappe and Neymar.
With Messi's status and fame in football, according to the reason, it should be the well-deserved number one core of Paris Saint-Germain, just like the noble status enjoyed when playing for Barca, but unfortunately Paris Saint-Germain is not Barca, as a newcomer, Messi wants to convince his strong teammates, it is necessary to come up with a superior performance, it is a pity that the Argentine superstar in Paris Saint-Germain seems to be a bit unsatisfied.
In the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals at home against Real Madrid, Messi performed quite well, but he lost a penalty in the game, if it were not for Mbappe's performance, Paris Saint-Germain would probably only be able to get a 0-0 draw, so that it would become difficult to advance to the quarter-finals, which is just a microcosm of Messi's presence in Paris Saint-Germain, in fact, the Argentine superstar's sharp edge was completely covered by Mbappe.
The data does not lie, Messi has only scored 7 goals at Paris Saint-Germain so far this season, plus 7 assists, while Mbappe's data is 22 goals, in addition to 13 assists, the data of both sides is obviously not an order of magnitude, there is no doubt that the French superstar is the number one core of this Paris Saint-Germain team, Messi can only accept the new role of Green Leaf. In this case, even if Messi wins the league and Champions League doubles at Paris Saint-Germain, the probability of having a chance to win the Ballon d'Or is mbappe, and I don't know if the Argentine superstar can accept such a gap, but Messi may have been numb to the Ballon d'Or, after all, 7 Ballon d'Ors have made history.