Paris Saint-Germain has been forced to reinforce the security of its footballers after the energetic protests that its ultras have been carrying out in recent hours. Yesterday, a hundred fans rebuked Neymar at the door of his house and before, a large number of people had gathered at the doors of the club headquarters with proclamations against the players and the president Al-Khelaifi.
The Parisian club has shielded this morning the Camp des Loges, its usual training place, as well as the homes of Leo Messi, Neymar and Marco Verratti, the main sources of anger for Parisian fans, according to what the French news agency AFP has learned. . In addition, PSG has issued a statement “strongly condemning the intolerable and insulting actions of a small group of people.” “Whatever the differences, nothing can justify such acts. The club gives its full support to its players, to its management and to all those affected by these shameful behaviours”, concludes the brief text.
Yesterday afternoon, three days after the defeat against Lorient at the Parc des Princes (3-1), the Parisian club’s third in the last four games played at home, several hundred supporters, most of them ultras, gathered in front of the PSG headquarters in Boulogne-Billancourt to express his discomfort with the club. Proclamations could be heard against some of its footballers, against the coach Christophe Galtier, as well as against the Qatari Nasser Al-Khelaifi, president of the entity, who they asked for his resignation. Shouting “We’re fed up with mercenaries!” They also requested the departure of Leo Messi, sanctioned by PSG for a trip to Saudi Arabia without the club’s permission.
Behind a banner that read: “PSG: Who are you? Where are you going? Do you hear me?”, the ultras, smoke bomb in hand, specifically appealed to players like Lionel Messi or Neymar and raised posters calling for players to “wet their shirts” in front of the club headquarters. “We are sincerely concerned about the future and sustainability of our club,” the Collectif Ultras Paris (CUP) said in a statement, asking “if there is still a pilot on the plane” and criticizing the “catastrophic management of recent years that has offered golden bridges to mercenary, overrated and carefree players.”
Later, a hundred people dressed in black went to Neymar’s home, injured until the end of the season, and called for him to leave: “Neymar get out”. These protesters dispersed “calmly a few minutes after his arrival”, without “no willingness to confront the police”, but according to sources collected by AFP, some of them indicated “they want to repeat their action every afternoon”, for which the club has decided to armor the home of the Brazilian footballer.
The striker fueled the tension on social media, liking a post showing Neymar and Messi together in an FC Barcelona shirt along with the message: “They were VERY happy at that moment.” Something that he felt was a provocation among the already annoying PSG fans. Late on Wednesday, after the protest outside his home, Neymar turned to social media again to express himself by posting a message on Instagram: “Don’t let people put you in their storm, put them in your peace.”
