The Real Madrid Star has apparently no bad blood with the former Barcelona captain and La Liga rival as Benzema has come out defending Messi’s poor start in France.
The French striker said, How is Messi not going to succeed? It’s just a time of adaptation, because he hasn’t scored many goals.
But look at what he does on the pitch. In any case, you can’t criticise a player like that, someone who criticises Messi doesn’t understand anything about football.”
Understanding the toll moving a club and switching countries takes on a player’s form, Benzema defended probably the biggest free transfer in football history so far.
Messi who joined PSG in the summer transfer window in 2021 after big drama in the Camp Nou has had a lot of appearances but not enough goals for the French club.
Barcelona weren’t able to re-sign Messi after his contract expired due to salary restrictions implied by La Liga as an organisation. With La Blaugrana in poor financial condition, even a free Messi couldn’t justify him re-signing and eventually the two parties ended the long relationship.
Just 2 days later, it was final that Messi will be joining Paris and was given a hero’s welcome over in the French capital for whom he’s played a total of 17 matches and scored only 6 goals with 5 coming in the Champions League alone.