Lionel Messi has made it clear that it is time to move forward, to look for demanding new situations and to be more satisfied than in Barcelona.
He had won dozens of titles and damaged many records with the Catalan club, but he did not like the direction he was going, so the time had come to check it out to succeed elsewhere.
But they promised him he’d leave, he wasn’t allowed to do it.It’s still a year away from avoiding a long legal war with “the club of his life.”
Ending uncertainty about his future, Messi announced on Friday that he would continue with Barcelona next season despite being about to leave.
Messi made the announcement in a video interview posted through Goal.com and said he was looking to “find a new course” in his career but did not need to fight the club.
He said he was not satisfied with the club’s president, Josep Bartomeu, and said the club manager had not kept his word for letting him go loose at the end of the season.
Messi officially informed Barcelona 10 days ago of his decision, but Barcelona said he wanted him to terminate his contract, which runs until June 2021, claimed that Messi’s clause to leave had expired on 10 June and stated that he had to pay for a purchase.Rear clause of 700 million euros ($837 million) if you were looking to leave now.
“The president said that at the end of the season he could make a decision if he wanted to pass or if he wanted to stay and that in the end he did not keep his word,” Messi said. He told me “when the season ends, you decide if you stay or go.” But he never set a date. “
Messi had communicated to the club his goal of leaving by sending a burofax, a qualified document to a telegram.
“The burofax just to formalize the fact that he doesn’t follow the rules, not to fight because he didn’t need to fight the club,” Messi said.
There was no agreement when Messi and Bartomeu’s father met on Wednesday to discuss the player’s future.
“I’m going to stay in Barcelona and my attitude isn’t going to change, no way I’m going to try to go,” Messi said.”I told the club and the president I wanted to leave.I’ve been telling you all year. I think, unfortunately, my stay in Barcelona was over, I wanted to finish my career here.”
Messi had not made anything public since the team’s 8-2 loss to Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals on August 14. He said the defeat, one of the worst of his career, was not what made him quit.
“It’s been a very difficult year, I’ve suffered a lot in training, in games and in the locker room,” Messi said.”I sought a winning transfer and won titles with the club to continue expanding the barcelona legend.The fact is that there hasn’t been a task or anything for a long time, they juggle and make holes in the canopy as things happen.”
However, Messi said it was not easy to leave the club.
“When I expressed my desire to leave my wife and children, it was a brutal tragedy,” she said.”The whole circle of relatives started to cry, my children didn’t need to leave Barcelona or replace schools.”
Messi’s announcement came hours after his father sent a letter to the Spanish league saying that his son felt lazy to leave Barcelona without delay without having to pay the 700 million euro termination clause.payment clause.
Messi’s resolve to remain a major relief for Barcelona, which is still in crisis 3 weeks after the devastating defeat to Bayern.Bartomeu and incoming coach Ronald Koeman had said that the team’s restructuring plan revolved around the Argentine striker, so he convinced him to remain a necessity.We have to help the club get out of one of its worst crises.
The club will start its season against Villarreal in the Spanish league at the end of the month, as the team had been training without Messi since Monday.
“What I can say is that I stay and do it for Barcelona,” Messi said.”Anyway, my love for Barca will never change.”
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