Moritz Jenz feared he was facing a nightmare before Christmas when PSG sent out Lionel Messi for some festive frolics last season. The new Hoops defender was expecting the French powerhouses to give their star men the night off against his Lorient side as they prepared to carve the turkeys.
It turned out the former Barcelona legend was the shock name on the team sheet but Jenz managed to hold his own and avoid a stuffing. PSG needed a stoppage-time goal from Mauro Icardi to salvage a point against the mid-table French outfit and the education the defender received that night was better than any present Santa could deliver.
Jenz reckons if he can stick the shackles on Messi and co then he can handle anything that comes his way at Celtic after signing a year-long loan deal with a view to a permanent switch next summer. The 23-year-old former Fulham academy kid said: “I remember that, because the game was before Christmas, I thought ‘they are not going to have all their superstars, it’s going to be okay’.
