Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman has said he no longer cares about Paris St Germain discussing their desire to sign Lionel Messi but expressed his surprise at Olympique Lyonnais coach Rudi Garcia getting involved in the matter. Last week, Koeman was irked by PSG’s Angel di Maria talking of his wish to play with Messi next season, accusing the French side of trying to crank up the pressure on the Catalans ahead of their upcoming Champions League clash. Lyon boss Garcia then got involved by saying it was rich of Koeman to criticise PSG for talking about the prospect of signing Messi after he had spoken openly of Barca’s pursuit of Lyon forward Memphis Depay. “I don’t know why PSG are doing this [(talking about Messi] but if they want to talk about Leo, they can,” Koeman told a news conference ahead of Wednesday’s Copa del Rey semi-final first leg at Sevilla. ‘Not important’“But now the Lyon coach is getting involved, it seems like he wants to raise his profile in the media.

Source: The Irish Times February 09, 2021 13:52 UTC