L’Équipe report in their issue today that Lionel Messi is gaining in prominence in the Paris Saint-Germain dressing room this season, having begun the campaign in impressive form after a middling first year in France.
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Proof of the Argentine’s willingness to settle in is the fact that his French is said to be progressing, and that he even finds himself speaking with his children in the local language now.
Messi, who has 12 goals already since the start of the season, has a good relationship with both manager Christophe Galtier and sporting advisor Luís Campos, the former finding himself discussing tactics with his attacker. The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner is also said to be more open to his other teammates this season – with compatriots Ángel Di María and Leandro Paredes gone – and gives his opinion to them on the training ground.
The upper management was also impressed by Messi’s admission that his first year was a difficult one, and that he struggled to adapt, but that he did not want to leave PSG without winning a major trophy. Talks are ongoing to extend his contract past the end of the season, but the Argentine is in no rush to make a decision before the World Cup, even if Luís Campos would like to convince him beforehand.