In the early morning of July 1, Beijing time, in the 33rd round of La Liga, Barcelona faced Atletico Madrid. In the second half, Messi took a penalty kick to complete his 700th goal of his career. Messi completed this achievement in only 862 games. In the end, Barcelona scored 2:2 against Atletico. The picture shows Messi in the game.
China News Service, July 3, according to Spanish media reports, Barcelona's star Messi has shelved negotiations with the team for renewal, and may leave Barcelona after the contract expires next year. Many media pointed out in the report that Messi's move was due to the poor operation of Barcelona's top management.
Screenshots of foreign media reports.
In recent years, Barcelona has been deeply trapped in complex internal contradictions. In January this year, after losing to Atletico Madrid at 2:3 and missing the Spanish Super Cup final, Barcelona coach Valverde finished the get out of class. But the succeeded Setion also failed to lead the team out of the dilemma. After 33 rounds in La Liga, Barcelona are 4 points behind Real Madrid and may face the situation of "all four are empty" again this season.
In addition, both coaches are caught in rumors of discord with the team's main players. However, the club's top management did not play its due role in reconciliation, but instead often added fuel to the fire.
Spanish media reported that the club’s technical secretary, Abidal, said that Barcelona’s top officials began planning to dismiss Valverde in December last year because “many players are not satisfied or do not work hard.” “The relationship between coaches and players seems to be ok, but As a former player, I can always sniff something."
Data map: Barcelona's former coach Valverde. (Photo source: Barcelona Club official Weibo)
These remarks seem to point directly at Valverde's get out of class because of the general's discord, which caused Messi's dissatisfaction. He said on social media that when it comes to players, he should say a specific name, because if this is not the case, it will throw dirty water on everyone.
Barcelona’s management has been criticized in recent years. The current chairman, Bartomeu, is a “financial master”. After taking office, he has launched a number of effective “gold absorption” methods, and the club’s operating income has continued to grow steadily. However, Barcelona's performance in recruiting has often been disappointing. The transfer fee is more than 100 million euros frequently, but the results are not as amazing as the expenditure.
Not only that, the Spanish media also strongly criticized Barcelona’s dressing room, saying that the players that the team relies on can affect the team’s friendly match schedule, and they continue to demand more salary and bonuses; they hope to be able to sign back to Neymar, and Barcelona will “regardless of dignity” ", but failed in the end. Pique warned club executives in an interview that he knew who was writing the essays.
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In February this year, Spanish media reported that Barcelona privately hired a company to maintain the club's high-level image on the Internet and discredited important roles such as Messi, Pique and Guardiola. Barcelona officials issued a statement denying the matter, saying that the company they cooperated with had no relationship with the accounts of the discredited players, and then withdrew from the company.
On March 27, Barcelona officially announced that the club decided to reduce the salary of players and employees during the epidemic, but the specific salary reduction has not yet been determined. Subsequently, Spanish media reported that Barcelona senior officials and club players had conflicts in the salary reduction.
A few days later, Barcelona issued an announcement saying that the club’s board of directors and all professional team players will cut their salaries by 70% to overcome the difficulties. In addition, the first-team football players' salary reduction is even greater, so as to ensure that other club staff can continue to receive full salary.
After the announcement, Messi publicly stated that all players of the Barcelona first team agreed with this decision. In an open letter published by Messi, he said: "First of all, we want to clarify that we have always been willing to accept a pay cut because we fully understand the special situation now. If there is a demand, the players are willing to help the club first. Even At other times when we think it is necessary or important, we are willing to take the initiative to do so."
In the early morning of July 1, Beijing time, in the 33rd round of La Liga, Barcelona faced Atletico Madrid. In the second half, Messi took a penalty kick to complete his 700th goal of his career. Messi completed this achievement in only 862 games. In the end, Barcelona scored 2:2 against Atletico. The picture shows Messi and his teammates celebrating the goal.
At the same time, Messi also pointed out that in the matter of salary reduction, the club put pressure on the players, "let us do something we know we will do." Messi wrote.
On April 14th, Beijing time, Barcelona announced that it will reorganize the board of directors, and the multi-person positions involving the club's senior management will be completed. However, from the current situation of Barcelona, such changes are far from enough. (Finish)