Messi in your team" has come back to haunt him following Barcelona's 4-1 defeat to PSG.The Dutchman made the comments about the Argentine superstar while manager of Southampton back in 2015.And they have now resurfaced six years on after Koeman's Barcelona side were humbled in the Champions League.
Messi opened the scoring in the last-16 tie, but Kylian Mbappe's hat-trick and a goal from Moise Kean saw PSG claim a first-leg lead.After the match, a clip of Koeman talking about how easy it is for a coach to have Messi in their team did the rounds on social media.In the clip, the then-Southampton boss said: "It's an easy job for the coach to have Messi in your team...because he makes a difference."The Barcelona team is strong, very good.
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