Paredes reveals a past clash with Messi: He wanted to kill me and I wanted to go home

Despite Leandro Paredes being one of Leo Messi's best friends in the Argentina national team and, along with Angel Di Maria, one of those who did the most to try to convince him to sign for PSG during the last Copa America, the French club's midfielder has revealed an anecdote between the two in which sparks flew.

It was before Messi went on to share a dressing room with Paredes in Paris that a scuffle took place that the midfielder will never forget. Specifically, during the Champions League 2020/21 round of 16 match in which PSG visited the Camp Nou to face Barcelona.

Perhaps angry due to the 4-1 pummelling Barcelona received that day, Messi did not take kindly to a kick received from his compatriot. However, it was not the foul that upset the No.10, but a comment Paredes made.

"He got angry, because I had made a comment to my teammates and he heard me, and he got angry," Paredes told Caja Negra.

"He was really angry. He f***ed me up. It was bad. He wanted to kill me and I wanted to go home."

It was a bad memory for the midfielder but it did not go any further, as Messi would leave his anger on the pitch and did not retaliate against his friend.

"Afterwards I saw him in the national team and he acted as if nothing had happened," he said.

"He showed me what he is like as a person. The relationship continued as it was. Now, when the conversation comes up, we talk about it and laugh, but he was really angry [then].

"He wanted to kill me."