 "PSG Under Investigation for Alleged Pressure on France Football to Secure Ballon d’Or for Messi in 2021")
Parisian management pressured ‘France Football’ magazine to award the award to the Argentine in 2021
According to Le Monde, PSG is being investigated by the French police for putting pressure on Lionel Messi to win his seventh Ballon d’Or, in 2021, when he moved to Paris.
The French newspaper reports that the Parisian club’s communications director offered gifts (VIP tickets and trips on Qatar Airways) to a former France Football journalist, Pascal Ferré, organizer of the award, between 2019 and 2021. Meanwhile, the Frenchman even He was hired to work in the club’s communications area almost a year ago.
The Argentine ended up winning the Ballon d’Or, to the detriment of Robert Lewandowski, second placed, by just 33 points.
2024-01-06 17:59:00
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