Three weeks after the humiliating defeat to Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals, Barcelona remain in crisis and surrounded by uncertainty over Lionel Messi’s future.
Will the Argentine striker leave?
Barcelona have still fully recovered from the 8-2 defeat of 14 August, and there are few signs of the club on track a few weeks after the start of the new season.
The purpose of the club is now to verify that Messi replaces his brain over his departure.The wonderful Argentine said last week in Barcelona that he wanted to leave for free, but the club told him he had to stay until the end of his career.contract in June 2021.
The groups are stagnant and the long term of the club is on the back.
President Josep Bartomeu and incoming coach Ronald Koeman said the team’s restructuring plan revolved around Messi, and convincing him to stay is essential for the club to come out of one of its worst crises.
But there is no agreement after Bartomeu first met Wednesday with Messi’s father.Jorge Messi has not ruled out the option of his son reconsidering his decision, so there is hope within the club.
However, no other assembly has been officially scheduled, and if Messi changes his mind, there may be a long legal war, which will further impair Barcelona’s restructuring process.The club will begin its season against Villarreal in the Spanish league at the end of the month.
It is also unclear what would happen to the rest of the team after Bartomeu and Koeman announced “deep” adjustments in the first team.
Koeman said he would no longer rely on some key players, adding Ivan Rakitic, Arturo Vidal and Luis Suarez, an old friend of Messi’s and perhaps one of the reasons he asked to leave, but so far, only Rakitic has left to sign for Seville, while the others continue to regularly exercise with the rest of the team.
Antoine Griezmann, who struggled in his first season since he arrived at Atletico Madrid, can be placed with greater responsibility with veterans Gerard Piqué and Sergio Busquets, if they also stay: the newly signed youngsters Ousmane Dembélé, Ansu Fati, Riqui Puig and Francisco Trinc.or it may also have more roles.
There is a communication from Koeman in the absence of bringing new players such as Lautaro Martínez, Memphis Depay and Georginio Wijnaldum, but his transfers can in the end also explain what happens to Messi.Your departure can save a lot of cash on wages, however, if it’s a loose transfer, it can end up hurting the team’s finances.
Messi invoked a clause that allowed him to let him loose at the end of the season, but Barcelona said the clause expired in June. Messi’s representatives said he could leave because the season had been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Bartomeu has been under pressure recently and Messi has brazenly criticized some of the club’s decisions throughout the season, his first untitled since 2007-08.The season included a replacement coach and a former public indictment between players and some club.New elections have been called for next March and Bartomeu has come forward to resign if he is the explanation for why Messi intended to do the lava.
But so far, there is no news from Messi about anything, and as he shuts up, Barcelona continues to tremble.
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