'That's how they behave' - Messi on PSG fan difficulties

Lionel Messi scored 32 goals successful 75 games for Paris St-Germain

Lionel Messi says his narration with Paris St-Germain fans "fractured" aft a "significant" fig of supporters started to dainty him differently.

In the 2nd fractional of past season, Messi was repeatedly booed and PSG had to increase security astir his house.

"I deliberation successful the opening it was thing wonderful," said Messi.

Speaking to beIN Sports, the 36-year-old said: "But past immoderate radical started to dainty maine differently, a portion of the Paris supporters. I deliberation the immense bulk inactive spot maine and dainty maine arsenic they did astatine the beginning, but determination was a fracture with a important radical of the Paris fans, which evidently wasn't my intention, acold from it.

"It happened conscionable arsenic it had happened earlier with [Kylian] Mbappe, with Neymar. I cognize that's the mode they behave.

"I'll instrumentality distant with maine the radical who respected me, arsenic I ever respected everyone since I arrived and that's all."

Messi said helium did not cognize if Argentina beating France successful the World Cup last was a factor.

He was booed by immoderate PSG fans aft being suspended for an unauthorised travel to Saudi Arabia, and again during his last lucifer for the Ligue 1 champions.

In a wide-ranging interview, Messi besides said helium recovered it "very difficult" to accommodate to beingness successful Paris connected and disconnected the transportation pursuing his 2021 determination from Barcelona, having missed pre-season and past aboriginal having a period retired mid-season with Covid.

In contrast, helium said helium felt "very comfortable" astatine the commencement of his 2nd play astatine Parc des Princes but the mid-season wintertime World Cup "affected the full play for everyone".

'I've achieved everything'

In winning the World Cup - Argentina's archetypal successful 36 years - Messi added football's biggest prize to a database of trophies that includes a grounds 7 Ballon d'Or titles - awarded to the champion footballer each twelvemonth - 4 Champions Leagues, 1 Copa America, 10 La Liga titles with Barcelona and 2 Ligue 1 crowns with PSG.

In May, helium broke Cristiano Ronaldo's grounds for the astir goals scored successful Europe's apical 5 leagues and, to date, has scored a combined 807 goals for nine and country.

"I person thing near to achieve, I've achieved everything," helium said.

However, Messi said his idiosyncratic achievements were secondary to those won with his teams, though helium did concede they were "nice recognitions".

"I achieved the astir important extremity I had, which was to triumph the World Cup with my nationalist squad and it was thing extraordinary, the mode everything happened," helium said.

"I ne'er thought astir idiosyncratic awards and I ne'er gave them much value than the corporate awards.

"To person achieved the objectives with the Argentina nationalist squad and to person achieved everything astatine an idiosyncratic level, astatine a squad level, for maine it is to adjacent an bonzer career."

• Our sum of your Premier League nine is bigger and amended than ever earlier - follow your squad and motion up for notifications successful the BBC Sport app to marque definite you ne'er miss a moment