You never know, of course, but it's unlikely that the Emir of Qatar was glued to his TV on Dec. 28, in the middle of the night for him in Doha, to watch Lionel Messi's interview with Jordi Evole on La Sexta like many of us did. But the Paris Saint-Germain owner would certainly have been made aware of what the Argentine told the world in this very anticipated chat.
Since he bought the French club in the summer of 2011, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani has always had a dream: bringing either Cristiano Ronaldo or Messi to the Parc des Princes.