Lionel Messi rejected an offer to appear on CBS Sports’ Champions League broadcast in Miami on Wednesday night because Jamie Carragher was on the show, according to host Kate Abdo.
Carragher revealed last year that Messi sent him a private message on Instagram after he criticized his transfer to Paris Saint-Germain, with the Argentina legend allegedly calling him a ‘donkey’.
‘I had a little pop at [Cristiano] Ronaldo earlier in the season, didn’t think it was a great signing for [Manchester] United, then I said the example of Messi, I didn’t think Messi’s a great signing for PSG,’ the former Liverpool defender said in January 2022.
And it appears Messi is not ready to forgive him over the comments, as after revealing that CBS did in fact extend an official invite to him, Abdo claimed that Carragher was the blame for the Inter Miami attacker declining the chance to join their Champions League broadcast.
You know that we made an official invitation extended one to Inter Miami and we asked him to come on the show, do you know what the official response was,’ Abdo asked the cast.
‘Apparently Lionel Messi will not be doing any television shows that Jamie Carragher is a part of.’
At the time the crew had been discussing the age-old Messi vs Ronaldo debate, and Carragher had actually been making the argument that while Ronaldo is the greatest goalscorer of all time, Messi is the greatest player of all time.
