Jamie Carragher, former Liverpool defender, reveals he was called ‘stupid’ by Messi
In August 2021, the Paris Saint Germain surprised the football world by announcing the signing of PSG: Messi has still not resumed”>Lionel Messi. However, the arrival of the Argentine was not welcomed by all. Jamie Carragher, former defender Liverpool, criticized the star’s move to the French club.
Five months later, the legend of Reds made a confession: he was called ‘butter‘ by Lionel Messi in a message sent by Argentina’s number 10 on social media.
“he is not happy with me. I made a small criticism of Ronaldo at the beginning of the season, I didn’t think it was a great signing for the Manchester United. And I said the example of Messi, I don’t think he was a great signing for PSG“, began by stating the former English player.
“It was on Monday Night Football and I received a private message on Instagram. From the man himself, I will not show private messages, but he basically called me dumb!”, he added.
Then Carragher joked with the message and stated that Lionel Messi does not make his selection of the season.
“The greatest player of all time and compared to him I was an ass – I accept that – but Messi is not in this team.”
“He didn’t play well enough, even though he won the America Cup in the summer. It’s not enough to leave my guy, Mohamed Salah, out”.
