Leo Messi has given an interview to beIN Sports in which he talks about his departure from PSG.

"I came to Paris because I liked the club, because I had friends and a lot of people I knew in the dressing room, teammates from the national team or some I had been with before," he said

"It seemed to me that, beyond what the club was, I was going to have a much easier adaptation than in other teams I could have gone to, so that's a little bit why I decided to go to the club."

His time in France was difficult at times: "The truth is that it was a very difficult adaptation, much more than I expected. Apart from the fact that I had people I knew in the dressing room and I had relations with them, it was complicated to adapt to a new change. I arrived late, I didn't have a pre-season. I had to adapt to a new city, which was difficult for my family and for me.... It was complicated."

And it didn't end as he would have wished: "Afterwards, people started to treat me differently. Part of the PSG crowd, the rest and the majority still treated me as they did at the beginning, but there was a break with the PSG fans.

"It wasn't my intention, far from it, to generate that break. It also happened with Neymar or Mbappe before.

"I'll keep [the memories of] all the people who respected me as I've always respected everyone since I arrived."