Barca showed that Messi had only through education, in accordance with La Liga protocol.
“Pre-season 2020/2021 is underway for Leo Messi,” it reads.
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“Barca’s number 10 trained alone, as did (Philippe) Coutinho, according to La Liga protocol, while the rest of the team worked together. “
Messi realized that he was entering the Esportiva Ciutat and Barca posted a photo on social media just before 6. 30pm. (16:30 GMT) of him with education as a kit and running with a ball.
The 33-year-old bets on his first consultation since Ronald Koeman appointed coach and the first since he said Friday that he had been forced to remain in Barcelona.
In an explosive interview with Goal, Messi blamed the club’s president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, for having “broken his word” in a questionable exit clause of his contract.
He said he would continue to give his own for the team, but assured that he had tried to leave the club because he “wanted to live his last years of football with joy. “
The return of Barcelona’s bitter captain and the greatest player of all time may not be easy, especially since some of his closest teammates are likely to leave.
Luis Suarez, Messi’s most productive friend and neighbor, as well as Arturo Vidal, is expected to be based at Juventus and Inter Milan respectively.
“Now I don’t know what’s going to happen, ” said Messi on Friday.
“There’s a new coach and new ideas. That’s good, but then you have to see how the team reacts and whether it will allow us to compete at the highest level. What I can say is that I stay and that I will do my thing for Barcelona. “
Messi’s resolve to tell the burofax club his goal of leaving came shortly after his assembly with Koeman, discussions that would have worried the Dutchman about taking a hard line.
Koeman said at his first press conference that he was “just looking for players who need to be here and give it their all. “
Messi also refused to attend a coronavirus checkup or Koeman’s first week of preseason education last week, as his lawyers believed that participating would harm his case in a legal war imaginable with the club.
But Messi chose to go down that road, insisting that he may never make it to the court opposite the “club of my life. “
However, his long-term career remains dubious, as Messi can contact other clubs in January and let him go when his contract expires on June 30.
Messi can take part in the Barcelona friendly opposite the Gimnástico de Tarragona on Saturday, but a more realistic reintroduction can oppose Girona 4 days later.
It would be the first time he has played for the team since his historic 8–2 loss to Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals last month.
Barcelona had two more weeks off before starting their Liga season against Villarreal, scheduled for 27 September.
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