“If PSG don’t renew Messi, let him come here”

Rodrigo de Paul took to the microphones of SER to analyze the current situation of Atlético de Madrid and the Argentine National Team. An interview in which he invited Messi to sign for Atlético, talked about the statement of Gil Marín, who came out in defense of Joao Félix, assured that he feels recognized at the club and that he hopes to lift the titles of rojiblanco in the not too distant future.

Atlético after the World Cup

“Certainly what we have found is a regularity that allows us to compete for our goal, which is the Champions League. At the beginning of the season we had a moment where we did very well but later on in other games we couldn’t maintain that line, that regularity that allowed us to appreciate the important points we made. And now in important games the team always shows that character because it has and, later, in following games we have to keep that line and not build that roller coaster that doesn’t allow us to compete the way we want. The most important thing is regularity, because we have a good team”.

The goal against Girona

“I went to complain to the referee, as I usually do (laughs), to make a little mess. But I had the illusion that he would charge it because now with VAR you don’t finish convincing yourself”.

VAR

“It’s always been said that the best feeling is when you see the ball hit the net, those ten, twelve seconds, just going in, your adrenaline is super good and now, in many cases, you won’t survive. You have to wait to celebrate.”

Football without VAR

“VAR has come to impose a little justice in some cases. Yes, I like this offside, understanding when it’s because the player is taking advantage and it’s not from a knee. I think that’s fine . Later, in other details you have to give it more dynamics so as not to make football stand still. He came to impose justice if we know how to use it”.

The statement of Miguel Ángel Gil Marín for arbitrations against Real Madrid

“It has overtaken us. That’s it. Soccer is like that. And we liked the statement, we felt defended in a certain way. We later understood that these are mistakes that everyone can have and the moment you are left behind in a Cup, or something, at that moment you are angry ”.

Individual record in its second season

“To rate myself, I want to wait until the end of the season and make a more detailed analysis. Yes, I feel that I am an important player, especially after winning the World Cup. In the World Cup I had a small injury which, later, kept two, three games away. It was the first time I was torn, I’m grateful that the first one was at 28 years old, but I was hurt not to be in those two games. I felt like a respected, important player in the locker room and I have to value that”.

The fans’ whistles

“It always hurts when one’s response is not the best, but I also understand how all this happens. I know that the fans have been very excited about my game since the day I arrived, about what I can contribute to the team, and they have the right to express themselves and have their reasons and one is must also understand and know what is right and what is not, and do not listen to criticism or excessive praise. Everyone is free to express themselves and I know they do it because they have an illusion of what I can give them. I take it as a reason for motivation that has led me to always try to give more to them”.

Does it hurt that they think that this year you think more about Argentina than Atlético?

“If anyone is thinking, I can tell you that it is not like that: always try to be in the national team and try to reach a World Cup, one has to play as many games as possible in his club because the player needs. that rhythm, the one in the game. Sunday”.

Joao’s departure

“I don’t agree that his departure has calmed the team. Atleti are champions of the League with Joao. With that I answer you. He is very good here, and with him the team will have the same reaction. The fact that he wants to find a way for whatever reason does not mean that the group now feels better. They are two completely different things. Joao has always wanted to have more minutes and recently he did not have it and decided who left. Here he is a great player in whom we all trust and above all a great person, the dressing room loves him very much”.

Cholo’s transformation

“Cholo’s idea lately is to attack people, the system is changing a bit to make us more comfortable but we don’t stop understanding that the teams are made from the back to the front and the most important thing they don’t mark us. We have a good forward in a good moment and that’s the big difference. We know that we have to keep a clean sheet because, as soon as our attackers are alive, we will have a goal” .

change of mind

“Yes, soccer is a bit of mind, confidence, what happens to one and every time you feel better. Confidence spreads and that allows you to have the carpet we have”.

Until when, De Paul at Atlético

“I am not retiring yet and I want to have a good career at Atleti. I feel very comfortable, they always treat me very well and above all I would like to win titles and I think we are going to do it. I am very excited about everything to come for me and for the club”.

De Paul, a perfect player for Atlético.

“Yes, I feel that I have recognized the history of the club, in the moments that have passed and I feel completely my game around the idiosyncrasy of this team and that I can still give it more. There is nothing worse than disappointment and I won’t let myself get there. I want to give him much more, I feel at a moment in my career in which I am young but I also have experience and I know that I can contribute a lot and hopefully all I will say it will be fulfilled”.

his best version

“I had good moments but I couldn’t sustain them over time for one reason or another and this is something I can achieve. It’s not a utopia. I want to have more good times and find the line of regularity that I mentioned at the beginning personally and I think I can do it. I leave calm and I am excited to continue working to achieve it”.

Match against his former team, Valencia

“When I left, there was a bit of all this. It’s a big club that for many years, and despite having the title, they mistreated it. And at some point he will stand up and fight for the things that should be he will fight for, for the city, for the team, for everything he has achieved in his history. I hope it will be soon because if Valencia grows, LaLiga will grow and we will all be better”.

What does it feel like to be a world champion?

“Sometimes, I feel sleepy. But yes, sometimes in the morning you pick up the phone and there is a reminder, something. And, now, reaching a new date we will play the national team. If I remember this every day it is a pleasure because it makes me happy.

The World Cup in Qatar

“Although I have been a pretty important part in the National Team, for me to have played seven cup games and to be crowned champion is an award for my whole career.”

Play with Lionel Messi

“What he does is magic. You live all the time with the surprise of what it will do and you never finish reading it. He’s an alien.”

The next day Messi

“Let him come here.”

Now he will join another Simeone in Argentina, Giovanni

“He’s been very good in Europe for many years, it’s not easy, and now he’s in a team that deserves and is called for the level he had in Naples. He deserves a lot”.

El Cholo as coach of Argentina

“It depends on him. It’s really his house, with everything here. The love of the people, the respect of a club where he has done a lot and, I think, he also has the illusion of leading his country”.