‘I will not speak about him’ – Herrera plays down Messi-PSG links

midfielder,

, talked about

’s rumored links with the Ligue 1 side as he revealed that Financial Fair Play could prevent that move from happening.

Messi, who is expected to leave

in the summer, has been linked with several clubs including PSG, but Herrera believes even the Parisians could stumble upon some cost management regulations regarding the Argentine's transfer.

“Messi, Neymar and Mbappe together? I don’t know how that would work with Financial Fair Play, but I don’t think so,”

Herrera has told

El Larguero

.

“I respect Barcelona, their coach and Messi so I’m not going to get into this one.”

Commenting on the likes

and

openly talking about Messi’s move to PSG, Herrera added:

“When everyone at Barca was talking about Neymar, inside and outside the club, we did not like it.”

“I'm not going to do something that I don't like being done to me. I have a lot of respect for Barca, Messi, his coach and his team-mates.”

“It is not a strategy. Me, I will not speak about him. I respect those who do it, but I put myself in the shoes of the club in which Messi has evolved.”

“If I were I at Barca, I would not like people talking about Messi. It does not seem to me to be a lack of respect, but I will not do it.”

Though there has been no official confirmation on Messi’s future, the Argentine could be heading for the transfer market as a free agent with

being one of his rumored destinations.

According to

Goal

, Messi will not be revealing  any of his future plans until the end of the current season.

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