La Liga: Zidane sends message to Lionel Messi ahead of El Clasico
Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane has sent a message to FC Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi, whose future remains unclear.
With the season nearing its end, Messi’s future remains a topic for discussion as his contract with Barcelona expires at the end of the campaign.
The Argentine is only set to make a decision on his future when the current season concludes, but his fierce rivals is hopeful that he will remain in Spain.
“I don’t want it to be Messi’s last Clásico, I want him to stay at Barcelona. He’s fine there. It’s good that he stays for La Liga,” Zidane was quoted as saying by Marca.
“We know the player that Messi is. He may not be scoring goals, but we know the player that he is. We are going to play against Barcelona. It is true that we know the player that he is, but they are all very good – they have many great players.”
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Zidane was also about the links with Paris Saint-Germain star Kylian Mbappe, who played a starring role against Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League this week.
“I know him. We know each other well, but he’s not my player so I can’t say anything. He is a great player and we’ll see what he wants to do in the future, but that’s not my concern right now.”