By Dan Bernstein Paris Saint-Germain have been accused of inappropriately trying to influence the controversial 2021 Ballon d’Or results in favour of Lionel Messi. That was the year Messi joined PSG from Barcelona in an emotional summer switch, with the Argentina international brought to tears in his farewell press conference with an iconic La Liga club. According to Le Monde, PSG courted then-France Football magazine president Pascal Ferre, hoping the Ballon d’Or president would do them a favour. Messi won the seventh of his eight Ballon d’Or honours in 2021, finishing just ahead of then-Baye…