Malcolm praised Messi who is his former team-mate and played down the influence of Argentinian in the club Zenit
“Here [at Zenit] we do double sessions. At Barcelona, we trained 40 or 50 minutes and for that reason perhaps I got injured,” told Qué T’hi jugues while differentiating between Barcelona and Zenit.
Malcolm had a season full of injuries and the Brazilian took part in the club’s poor training sessions.
“He would first speak with us [players] and then to the president or the coach. Messi is incredible. At Barcelona, I played alongside the best and learned a lot.” says Malcolm praising his former team-mate Messi.