Paris Saint-Germain's fixation on Lionel Messi has not only been public facing, as Leandro Paredes told reporters the squad has discussed Barcelona's star "a lot" in the locker room behind closed doors.
Paredes made the admission speaking ahead of PSG's Champions League tie against Barcelona on Tuesday.
The match-up between French and Spanish giants comes as a poetic twist of fate after Paredes' team-mates had in recent weeks made suggestive comments in the media about Messi potentially joining PSG this summer, which upset Barcelona manager Ronald Koeman .