JAMIE CARRAGHER has revealed the DM he received from Lionel Messi after criticising Paris Saint-Germain.
The former Liverpool defender previously hit out at the French side's failure to win the Champions League with Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe.
Appearing on CBS Sports' coverage of the Champions League this week, Carragher was asked if Messi had ever messaged him.
"Yes," he replied. "Is it Spanish that they speak, Argentintians? I'm just going to say the word he called me, I don't understand, a 'burro'. What does that mean?"
Host Kate Abdo then pointed out the awkward translation as she revealed: "It means a 'donkey'."
"Donkey, thank you," responded Carragher, who later explained his exchange in greater detail on Wednesday night.
"Well I think it came from this show actually," he recalled. "I think we were critical of Paris Saint-Germain. Probably me.
"I said Paris Saint-Germain could not win the Champions League with Messi, Mbappe and Neymar playing together. I was proven right, again.
"A couple of weeks later, I was coming home from a game at Chelsea, I got a message and I was like 'that can't be him, must be one of these fake accounts'.
"Then I had a look and yeah, so it came from that and he told me his opinion.
"I had to then Google and do the translate thing because I didn't have a clue what he'd sent to me.
"I just said 'thanks for your opinion', but the only trouble was the next night he was actually crowned the Ballon d'Or winner, so I replied to him saying 'Congratulations' and he saw the message and he didn't reply."
Carragher had previously revealed last year how Messi had called him a donkey on Instagram in response to his criticism of the forward's PSG move.
Messi was unable to win the Champions League during his two years in Paris before joining Inter Miami in the MLS this summer.
Since arriving in the USA, the 36-year-old has scored 11 goals and added five assists in 11 appearances for his new club.
Ajayy
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Really funny for real😂 but if it was Ronaldo who did that the whole media would label him Rude and Crybaby who can’t take a lil criticism! Y’all are hypocrites!
Ybohlim
422
Big Meeks 🤣🤣🤣
JoshuaBriggsMulbah
392
I think he was drunk U na get respect for messi
SteveBillionaire
363
It would have been the biggest Headline of all time had it been Cristiano Ronaldo...
ishti
328
What Carragher thinks he is Vs what Messi thinks he is.
Zimabcilry
279
Messi should have asked for a better adjective to describe your stupidity. A low class player like you who has never won anything valuable is here to bad mouth a world class player who has won everything in his career. The hate filled in your heart gave you the description of a DONKEY.
Messisuuuui
17
Really funny for real😂 but if it was Ronaldo who did that the whole media would label him Rude and Crybaby who can’t take a lil criticism! Y’all are hypocrites!
oga calm down, dont cry sha leave Ronaldo out of this article
richway123
11
Really funny for real😂 but if it was Ronaldo who did that the whole media would label him Rude and Crybaby who can’t take a lil criticism! Y’all are hypocrites!
don't play victim card on Ronaldo behalf here how many times has been accused of such,he keeps aow profile... Ronaldo often get targeted by media because it is his other office and where he gets comfort plus he talks way too much...the difference is you would never see Messi come on a live show to say awful word to his teammates,rival or whosoever
Messisuuuui
11
Dnt be stoopid am not crying, am only saying what the media normally does!
he cald him donkey fore a reason, but Ronaldo dus thing witout a reason, thats wy they hate him
Messisuuuui
9
Dnt be stoopid am not crying, am only saying what the media normally does!
he proved carragher wrong, so he deserves it