Zlatan Ibrahimovic believes signing Lionel Messi would
take Paris Saint-Germain to the next level and make them European title
contenders.
Rumours in the French media have suggested the
big-spending Paris side are preparing a record bid for Barcelona's Argentina
playmaker.
Ibrahimovic played alongside Messi during his two-year
spell at Camp Nou but struggled to forge a successful partnership with the
diminutive forward.
However, the Sweden international believes the addition
of his former team-mate and four-time Ballon d'Or winner would make PSG a force
to be reckoned with in Europe.
"If he's up for sale then the whole world will be
after him, not just PSG," Ibrahimovic said at a winter training camp in
Doha.
"I don't know the situation but I think he's very
happy at Barcelona.
"The press creates this but only he knows the truth.
PSG's project is to dream bigger but if you buy Messi, you don't dream bigger,
you are bigger."
Since the Ligue 1 side's takeover, signings such as
Ibrahimovic, Thiago Silva, Lucas Moura and Edinson Cavani have many
highlighting PSG as genuine contenders for the UEFA Champions League crown.
"There's a high level of collective quality, our
mentality is progressing. Everything's going in the right direction and I'm delighted."
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Never satisfied
They reached the quarter-finals last year, where they
lost on away goals to Messi's Barcelona, while their best result in the
competition remains their semi-final run in 1995.
Although PSG are champions of France and leading the way
in Ligue 1 again this season, Ibrahimovic is determined to go one step further.
"I'm never satisfied, I want to win," he added.
"We've progressed well and quickly. The team has come on very quickly in
the right direction.
"We play very good football, we have the ball, we
create chances.
"There's a high level of collective quality, our
mentality is progressing. Everything's going in the right direction and I'm
delighted."
The Paris side take on Real Madrid in a friendly in Doha
on Thursday and Ibrahimovic insists it will not be a light-hearted affair.
"Unfortunately it's a friendly match but we'll treat
it like a competitive match," he said. "It would be good for
confidence to win."
Culled from Skysports
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