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Ex-PSG star Ginola: I don't know if Messi deal is working

Former PSG star David Ginola admits he's yet to be won over by Lionel Messi.

Messi left Barcelona for PSG in August and has battled for consistency in France.

Ginola told AS: "I always say that after 13 years at Barça and being adapted to the system, you find yourself at 34 years old in another environment and it's difficult. Even being one of the best on the pitch, physically it is difficult to adapt.

"Then, at Barça, the whole team played for him, he played for the team and knew everything, his teammates, the team, the club, the city... In Paris it's different. The arrival of Messi, at a media level, is extraordinary for PSG, but to know if it will work sportingly... I don't know.

"If I put myself in Messi's shoes, I think that his arrival at PSG has been more to finish his career because the media impact has been gigantic, something that can wear him down. I think that sportingly it has been a great coup for PSG but we need to think about the future, which is (Kylian) Mbappé."

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