Former PSG star Javier Pastore has hailed the Ligue 1 champions for their level of improvement this season despite allowing Lionel Messi, Neymar, and Kylian Mbappe to leave.
PSG will be playing in the final of the 2024-25 Champions League season against Inter Milan in Munich on Saturday, May 31.
They made it to this stage despite losing Messi, Mbappé, and Neymar, three players signed particularly to win the Champions League.
Pastore, who spent a good number of years at the French side, said the club has done well by letting the trio go.
“PSG replaced the best players in the world, those with a lot of name and impact—Messi, Mbappe, Neymar, Verratti, very important players on a footballing level, in the dressing room—with a much younger and more talented team. They have the best young players in the world, along with Barcelona,” he said.
On manager Luis Enrique, he added, “Luis Enrique, with a lot of hard work, has turned the criticisms they had into praise. Hats off to him.”
During their time at the club, Messi, Neymar, and Mbappe could only win the Ligue 1 title.
