{"id":103115,"date":"2023-09-26T11:07:09","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T11:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/09\/26\/psg-chief-denies-messi-world-cup-claim\/"},"modified":"2023-09-26T11:07:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T11:07:09","slug":"psg-chief-denies-messi-world-cup-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/09\/26\/psg-chief-denies-messi-world-cup-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"PSG Chief Denies Messi World Cup Claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Lionel Messi . INSET: Nasser Al-Khelaifi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) chairman, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, has refuted Lionel Messi\u2019s claim that he was not recognised by the French club for his World Cup triumph last year.<\/p>\n<p>Messi scored twice in the final in Qatar and converted his spot kick in the penalty shootout as Argentina beat France to claim the third World Cup in the country\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old, who left PSG at the expiry of his contract in June, said: \u201cI was the only player of the 25 that didn\u2019t get a [club] recognition,\u201d in an interview with ESPN\u2019s Migue Granados.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was understandable \u2026 because of us [Argentina], they [France] didn\u2019t retain the World Cup.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Al-Khelaifi denied Messi\u2019s version of events on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs everyone saw, because we even published a video, we celebrated Messi in training, and we also celebrated him in private,\u201d Al-Khelaifi told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut with respect, we are a French club. It was of course sensitive to celebrate at the stadium. We must respect the country he defeated, his teammates on the France team, and our supporters too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Argentina forward joined Inter Miami in MLS in July and lifted his first silverware with his new side, the Leagues Cup in August.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lionel Messi . INSET: Nasser Al-Khelaifi \u00a0 Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) chairman, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, has refuted Lionel Messi\u2019s claim that he was not recognised by the French club for his World Cup triumph last year. Messi scored twice in the final in Qatar and converted his spot kick in the penalty shootout as Argentina beat France [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":103116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PSG Chief Denies Messi World Cup Claim - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/09\/26\/psg-chief-denies-messi-world-cup-claim\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PSG Chief Denies Messi World Cup Claim - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lionel Messi . 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