‘That looks silly’: The unusual reason why the Dutchman who fell out with Messi wouldn’t go to Manchester United

Dutch striker Wout Weghorst, who scored twice for Argentina in Qatar 2022 and became famous for his return Lionel Messi After an argument, he could see his move from Turkish Besiktas to English Manchester United frustrated due to his poor record at British Burnley.

The Athletic portal underlined today that at Old Trafford there are doubts about the striker’s engagement because in his brief spell at Burnley, in 2022, where he played 20 games and scored two goals, the Dutchman “confronted with comrades because of his arrogance.”

In Burnley, the statement adds, it is stated that “Weghorst arrives with an aura of confidence that some of his teammates have interpreted as arrogance.thanks to his ambition and determination to improve his work,” reported the Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo.

According to the forward’s former team-mates who played for AZ Alkmaar in the Netherlands and Wolfsburg in Germany, “Weghorst wasn’t afraid to call a team-mate off if he thought he wasn’t trying hard enough.”

Weghorst came on in the second half of their quarter-final match against Argentina in Qatar as Lionel Scaloni’s side led 2-0. The striker scored both goals which tied the game at 2-2, the second in the eleventh minute of stoppage time.

The standings for the semi-final was decided in a penalty shoot-out and Argentina progressed to the semi-finals.

However, the reason that made the slender Dutch forward (1.97m.) famous was experienced on his way to the locker room, when Messi, in the middle of a television interview, yelled at Weghorst “What are you looking at, you fool, go over there, you fool.”

Weghorst then declared that he wanted to greet Messi, but the Argentine star did not want to know how to contact his rival, who has had several clashes with players of the “albiceleste” since he entered the field that night, to the point of receiving a yellow card paper.

After Messi’s statement quickly went viral, the Dutch striker was dissuaded by some Argentine players such as Lautaro Martínez and former striker Sergio Agüero, to go to his dressing room.