Lionel Messi has been accused of 'disappearing' in big games for Paris Saint-Germain and only turning up when it matters for Argentina after the French champions were dumped out of the Champions League by Bayern Munich.
PSG were beaten convincingly across both legs of their last-16 tie with Bayern, who cruised to a 2-0 victory in Wednesday night's decider at the Allianz Arena after winning last month's first leg by a single goal.
It proved to be another miserable European campaign for the Ligue 1 leaders, with Messi unable to inspire them into the quarter-finals after being kept largely quiet by the likes of Alphonso Davies, Leon Goretzka and Matthijs de Ligt, ending his quest for a fifth Champions League crown.
And after the defeat the 35-year-old received scathing criticism from PSG legend Jerome Rothen, who believes his below-par displays show he lacks 'respect' for the club - given how well he performed in Argentina's World Cup-winning campaign.
Lionel Messi BLASTED by PSG legend Rothen after Champions League exit
por Princess Freycinet (2023-03-11)
Lionel Messi has been accused of 'disappearing' in big games for Paris Saint-Germain and only turning up when it matters for Argentina after the French champions were dumped out of the Champions League by Bayern Munich.
PSG were beaten convincingly across both legs of their last-16 tie with Bayern, who cruised to a 2-0 victory in Wednesday night's decider at the Allianz Arena after winning last month's first leg by a single goal.
It proved to be another miserable European campaign for the Ligue 1 leaders, with Messi unable to inspire them into the quarter-finals after being kept largely quiet by the likes of Alphonso Davies, Leon Goretzka and Matthijs de Ligt, ending his quest for a fifth Champions League crown.
And after the defeat the 35-year-old received scathing criticism from PSG legend Jerome Rothen, who believes his below-par displays show he lacks 'respect' for the club - given how well he performed in Argentina's World Cup-winning campaign.
'Messi, we don't want it!,' Rothen, who made 180 appearances in his own five-year spell at PSG, said in an explosive rant on French radio station Lionel Messi has been accused of 'disappearing' in big games by PSG legend Jerome Rothen
Messi was kept quiet as PSG were dumped out of the Champions League by Bayern Munich