PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain's sporting director Leonardo angrily dismissed as"very far from reality" a story in L'Equipe on Saturday claiming the Qatar-owned club were paying Lionel Messi a"giant" salary of 110 million euros" over the next three seasons.
As another PSG galactico, Kylian Mbappe, faced a fitness battle for Sunday's Ligue 1 clash with Lyon, Leonardo was not pulling any punches as he sought to knock back details of a contract all parties would prefer to keep out of the public domain. Since being welcomed like royalty in August six-time Ballon d'Or winner Messi has played just two games for his new club, both away fixtures.
While Messi, 34, is due to turn out in the Ligue 1 meeting with Lyon, Mbappe is far from certain with the French World Cup winner nursing a foot injury from the Champions League opener."We're satisfied with progress. We'll see tomorrow if he's in the list or not."Whether the 22-year-old makes it or not Pochettino is definitely facing Lyon without defender Sergio Ramos and Juan Bernat, and midfielder Marco Verratti .
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