Lionel Messi spoke about many issues during the press interview, in which he announced that he would stay in Barcelona until the end of his contract next summer, but he overlooked 5 hotspots, according to the description of the Spanish newspaper MARCA.
Messi emphasized the mismanagement and treachery of President Josep Maria Bartomeu of the club, as well as what his desire to leave Barcelona meant for his family, in addition to the reasons that prompted him to leave and the justifications for returning.
But Messi avoided talking about the 5 hot spots that the newspaper monitored as follows:
Guardiola's call
Manchester City was the most prominent candidate to receive the Barcelona captain, and it was reported that after the parties agreed on almost all the points, Messi received a call from Pep Guardiola, his former Barcelona coach and the current coach of City, which changed the course of everything, after which the player announced his return to Camp Nou. The call was about the Catalan club's insistence on the penalty clause amounting to 700 million euros, which is impossible for any club in the world to pay.
Manchester City offer
Messi did not mention in his speech at all the details of the contract offered to him by Manchester City, which was - according to reports - very huge, as he would have paid about one billion dollars in exchange for signing for a period of 5 years, provided that in the last two seasons he wore the New York City team shirt of the group. The owner of Manchester City.
Ronald Koeman was
reported to have sent the Borofax, in which he asked to leave the club, after his meeting with the new coach, Koeman, who was said to have talked about Messi and the need to reduce the privileges he gets from the club.
⚽ First training in the era of @RonaldKoeman 🔵🔴 pic.twitter.com/MhuAedJy4c
- FC Barcelona (@fcbarcelona_ara) September 1, 2020
Coman was barely mentioned in Messi's conversation when he said, "There is a new coach, new ideas and that's fine, but then we have to see how the team responds."
Quique Setien,
just as he did not present his views on Coman, the Argentine star did not express his opinion of the dismissal of Setien, who took over the team after Ernesto Valverde in almost half the season and failed miserably to achieve any remarkable achievement with the team.
Luis Suarez has
linked some to sending Messi Porfax to leave and telling his teammate and close friend Luis Suarez that he is out of Barcelona's accounts in the new season, and yet the Argentine star never mentioned the Uruguayan scorer and his future with the Blaugrana.