Lionel Messi vs its leaders, episode 386. In the evening of Thursday, the Spanish radio Cadena Ser affirmed during its emission "El Larguero" that Lionel Messi considered to leave Barça. “Messi's idea is to finish his contract in 2021 and abandon FC Barcelona. He paralyzed the extension of his contract. The negotiations had started very well, with an agreement between the two parties, but the recent events have made that Messi is reconsidering everything, and for the moment, he has decided to stop the negotiations, "assured the journalist Manu Carreno.
"Messi has told the players closest to him in the locker room that he does not want to become a problem for the club. He always said that he would stay as long as Barça wanted him, "he added. The Argentinian would be tired of "seeing the time go by without seeing a winning project".
🚨⚽️ NOTICIA @ellarguero
🎙️ Informa @manucarreno
💥 The idea of Messi ahora mismo es terminar su contracto in 2021 y abandonar el Fútbol Club Barcelonahttps: //t.co/4Yn8sUqpzt pic.twitter.com/lsyQi9Yw3G
How would Messi get there? According to Spanish media, the Argentine would be tired of hearing that he is the one who weighs on all the decisions of the club. We also remember his position on the subject of the drop in player wages during the coronavirus crisis. He had signed a fairly virulent statement on behalf of all his teammates, in which he said he was surprised by the leak of information according to which the players refused to make an effort.
"It surprises us a lot that from the club, internally, some people want to put us under criticism and try to pressure us to do something that the rest of us have always wanted to do," he wrote. the agreement was delayed by a few days, it was simply because we were looking for the best formula. "
Zidane doesn't want him to leave
Difficult to say what value to give to all this. It would not be Messi's first pressure on his leaders. Perhaps this is only a way to demand the departure of coach Quique Setien, with whom the current is not going well.
Barça denied, in any case. "Nothing indicates that the attacker has decided to stop negotiations to renew his contract," writes Mundo Deportivo, citing the Catalan leaders. The latter still wish to offer Messi, 33, an additional year plus another as an option, thus stretching his contract until 2023.
📰 Los medios de comunicación de Barcelona se hacen eco de la NOTICIA que ha dado @manucarreno sobre Messi en @ellarguero
😊 Gracias, compañeros @elperiodico @mundodeportivo @DiarioSport pic.twitter.com/O2u0sfBNdH
As Spanish journalists do things right, the story came to the ears of Zinedine Zidane, during the press conference after Real Madrid's victory against Getafe. This was even the first question asked of him. But Zizou, skillfully, explained that he did not want to see the star of his great rival leave. "I don't know what's going to happen, but we don't want that (his departure). We want to have the best in this Liga, "he replied. Unless improbable earthquake, it does not have too much to worry about.
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