Messi has adapted quickly and is working towards top form, says Pochettino

PSG
signed
Messi
in
August
when
financial
issues
left
Barcelona
unable
to
retain
him,
and
he
played
24
minutes
of
his
new
club’s
Ligue
1
victory
over
Reims
before
the
international
break.

Messi,
who
won
the
Champions
League
four
times
with
Barcelona,
is
set
to
make
his
bow
in
the
competition
for
PSG
against
Club
Brugge
on
Wednesday,
and
Pochettino
told
UEFA.com
that
he
is
preparing
well.

When
asked
to
describe
his
compatriot,
Pochettino
said:
“I
may
not
be
the
most
appropriate
person
to
describe
him.
There
are
many
more
people
who
have
a
wider
vocabulary
to
describe
him
closer
to
the
reality
Leo
deserves.

“He
will
always
be
considered
among
the
best
in
the
world.
Since
he
arrived,
he
has
really
adapted
very
quickly
and
he’s
been
training
very
well,
trying
to
achieve
his
highest
level
as
soon
as
possible
to
compete
at
his
best.

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our
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—
Paris
Saint-Germain
(@PSG_English)

September
13,
2021

“I
didn’t
think
it
was
possible
[that
he
would
sign
for
us],
and
when
an
opportunity
appears
and
everything
goes
so
fast,
you
can’t
immediately
process
it.
However,
there’s
that
connection:
we
both
are
Argentinian,
we
both
support
Newell’s
[Old
Boys],
we
both
come
from
Rosario.

“I
have
also
admired
him
for
a
long
time
when
facing
him
as
an
opponent,
so
having
him
now
training
with
us
is
really
nice.
We
hope
that,
together,
we
will
be
able
to
achieve
what
the
club
desires.”

Messi’s
experience
in
the
Champions
League
is
matched
by
team-mate
Sergio
Ramos,
who
won
the
competition
four
times
before
joining
PSG
from
Real
Madrid
in
July.

Pochettino,
who
admitted
that
most
of
the
players
in
his
squad
deserve
to
be
in
his
starting
line-up,
said
Ramos
would
be
able
to
guide
younger
colleagues
through
the
pressurised
environment
of
Europe’s
top
competition.

“Sergio
is
also
a
player
that
we
think
can,
given
the
possibility,
convey
his
experience,
his
competitiveness,”
said
Pochettino.

“He’s
a
player
that
has
also
won
everything,
just
like
Leo.

“It’s
good
having
him
at
the
club
for
all
that
he
can
share
with
his
team-mates:
all
that
experience
he
gained
at
Real
Madrid.”