{"id":3441,"date":"2021-12-21T20:03:19","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T01:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/21\/javier-zanetti-explains-why-inter-milan-didnt-sign-lionel-messi\/"},"modified":"2021-12-21T20:03:19","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T01:03:19","slug":"javier-zanetti-explains-why-inter-milan-didnt-sign-lionel-messi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/21\/javier-zanetti-explains-why-inter-milan-didnt-sign-lionel-messi\/","title":{"rendered":"Javier Zanetti explains why Inter Milan didn\u2019t sign Lionel Messi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Lionel Messi joins PSG<\/h2>\n<p>Lionel Messi would join PSG over the summer, departing long-time club FC Barcelona in the biggest transfer story of the year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"dugout-video dugout-embed-eyJrZXkiOiIiLCJwIjoiZ3JlYXRnb2FscyIsInBsIjoibWF0Y2gifQ==\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.dugout.com\/v3.1\/greatgoals.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>With the Argentine reuniting with Neymar, as well as golden boy Kylian Mbappe, there was an expectation that PSG would go on to dominate both domestically and in Europe this campaign.<\/p>\n<p>However, that has not really proven the case so far. The capital giants do have a healthy lead atop Ligue 1, but Messi has scored just once in 10 games, whilst also providing five assists.<\/p>\n<p>In the Champions League, meanwhile, Messi scored five in five, but PSG still only finished second in their group behind Manchester City.<\/p>\n<h2>Why Messi didn\u2019t join Inter Milan<\/h2>\n<p>Before his switch to Paris, Lionel Messi would be linked with a number of clubs, one of which was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/opinion-lionel-messi-suit-serie-a-inter-milan-juventus-cost\">Inter Milan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That, move, of course, would not happen, but it would have no doubt been interesting to see Messi in Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Now though, current Inter Milan vice-president Javier Zanetti has recently spoken out about why Inter did not sign the Argentine.<\/p>\n<p>And, not too surprisingly, it looked to boil down to financial issues:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cNobody thought that Leo could leave Bar\u00e7a.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u201cWhen the opportunity arose we were in the midst of a pandemic, and the truth is that you could not afford such a large and important investment because it was putting the future of the club at risk,\u201d said Pupi and gave some more details on how Inter works.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAs values \u200b\u200band principles we understand that everything must be related and based on a strategy, and we have been implementing it on and off the field, ensuring that the objectives are met both on and off the field.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\">? \u00bfPOR QU\u00c9 EL INTER NO FUE POR MESSI?<\/p>\n<p>? Javier Zanetti vicepresidente de los \u2018Nerazzurri\u2019 explic\u00f3 los motivos por los que no fich\u00f3 al argentino<\/p>\n<p>Ent\u00e9rate la raz\u00f3n ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nQLTo2JVuZ\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/nQLTo2JVuZ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I2B35PiuyY\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/I2B35PiuyY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Telemundo Deportes (@TelemundoSports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TelemundoSports\/status\/1473345767540731904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/football-betting-tips\/match-previews\/football-predictions\/tottenham-hotspur-vs-west-ham-united-betting-tips-carabao-cup-preview\/\">Tottenham Hotspur vs West Ham United betting tips: Carabao Cup quarter-final preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/football-betting-tips\/match-previews\/football-predictions\/brentford-vs-chelsea-betting-tips-carabao-cup-preview\/\">Brentford vs Chelsea betting tips: Carabao Cup quarter-final preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lionel Messi joins PSG Lionel Messi would join PSG over the summer, departing long-time club FC Barcelona in the biggest transfer story of the year. With the Argentine reuniting with Neymar, as well as golden boy Kylian Mbappe, there was an expectation that PSG would go on to dominate both domestically and in Europe this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-3441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3441\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}