Tuesday, October 26, 2021 at 3:36 PM• Last update: 15:41

Thierry Henry sees that Lionel Messi is not yet fully featured at Paris Saint-Germain. The former teammate of the Argentine superstar saw that Messi was often isolated on the right wing in le Classique against Olympique Marseille (0-0). Henry further believes that the former Barcelona star is troubled by the presence of Kylian Mbappe.

According to Henry, putting Messi at the center of the attack can help if PSG want an attack to function with him, Mbappe and Neymar. So far, Messi has not found the net in Ligue 1. Also on Sunday evening he was unable to make the difference for the Paris superpower during a goalless draw against Marseille. “He’s isolated, he’s less on the ball,” Henry tells Prime Video at. “I wouldn’t say he’s unhappy, but he’s isolated. I’d rather see him in the center where he can set the pace more.”

Although Messi has been on the right at Barcelona in recent years, Henry sees that at PSG will not be a success. “I don’t think he can make a difference on the right, but then I don’t have the precise details from a tactical point of view,” said the Frenchman. “Messi doesn’t talk much, he speaks with his feet. For now, the team revolves around Kylian Mbappe. Kylian is the one who shines the most, most of the balls go to him. There can only be one conductor, otherwise you won’t be playing at the same tempo. There are too many conductors in this team at the moment,” Henry concludes.

Messi has now waited 280 minutes for his first goal in Ligue 1 and has also not provided a single assist for PSG. The 34-year-old attacker indicated at the beginning of October that he still had to get used to Paris. “At the moment I have to admit that I am still a little lost,” Messi said in a major interview with the French football magazine at the time. France Football. The first months in Paris service were for the Argentine superstar ‘during a learning process’. Messi has already scored three times in three Champions League matches for PSG. On Friday evening, the team of coach Mauricio Pochettino will compete against Lille OSC in the Parc des Princes. Paris Saint-Germain convincingly leads the way in Ligue 1. With 28 points from 11 matches, it is seven points ahead of the first pursuer RC Lens.