The Argentine star has officially requested to leave ... and settled on his next destination

4 reasons that brought Messi and Barcelona into the "fax crisis"

Messi topped most of the global media yesterday after news of his official desire to leave. EPA

August 25 will remain a historic day, which the Catalan newspaper "Sport" close to Barcelona considered "a black day", as it witnessed for the first time in the history of the club that the legend of the Argentine team, Lionel Messi, submitted an official request to leave, something that was not in the mind of any fan of the club let alone About the administration itself.

Four main reasons contributed to the relationship reaching what has become known as the "fax" crisis, in reference to the departure request sent by Messi by fax, which was confirmed by the club's management to the media. And between the controversy over the identity of his new club, where the talk about Inter Milan, the English Man City, and the French Paris Saint-Germain, it has become clear to everyone that the relationship has reached an end, and that it will not be like any previous period.

"Sport" also revealed that Messi had already decided to move to play at Inter Milan, and that negotiations had brought the two parties together, before the historic defeat of Bayern, noting that Messi's father had bought a house in the past two months in Milan, Italy, where Inter is located.

1- Tense relationship with management

Lionel Messi has lived an unstable period of five years, since the beginning of the era of the new president, Joseph Bartomeu, when he was chosen to succeed the controversial former president Sandro Roussel. From that time until today, Messi and Bartomeu have not agreed on much. The straw was, Bartomeu's involvement in paying a public relations company, which tarnished the image of the club's stars, headed by Lionel Messi.

Messi has also previously publicly criticized club officials without naming them, whether in relation to the team's future, contracts, or many other issues. He verbally clashed with a former deputy for Bartomeu, and exchanged criticism with former sporting director Eric Abidal.

2- The coaches ’crisis

Messi clashed with the club's management, as the newspaper "Sport" revealed repeatedly in relation to the coaches that the club contracted with, especially after the departure of the former coach Guardiola. Messi's anger, the president, stems from the fact that some club administrators have been telling the newspapers that he is behind the choice of coaches, from Tata Martino to Setien.

But Messi was also furiously angry that after the historic defeat of Bayern Munich, the sacking of City and the appointment of the new Dutch coach Ronald Koeman, he was treated with complete disregard. He was very angry at the only conversation that took place between him and Koeman, as "Sport" said that Koeman had spoken to him in an insulting and unacceptable way, when he told him to "forget the privileges he had previously had."

3- Historical defeat

To fall by eight against Bayern Munich in the Champions Quarter-finals was something Messi, his teammates, and any Barcelona fan could not endure. This unprecedented defeat in the history of the club in the Champions League confirmed Messi the conviction that change will never happen in the team, and that he can no longer bear other disastrous results, after the legendary career he presented. Messi bet on change after the resounding fall from Rome in the quarter-finals in 2018, and then from Liverpool in the semi-final 2019, but things reached the point of defeat in the tournament itself by 8-2, not to mention losing the cup and league titles.

4- The absence of a project for the team

Lionel Messi has repeatedly expressed his anger about the type of deals the club has made in recent years, as he had previously objected to many of them. Messi had previously said that the club had not done what it was necessary to prevent the departure of Brazilian Neymar to Saint-Germain, and he did not understand the reason for the two deals that cost the club a lot, and it was related to the Brazilian Coutinho (160 million euros) and the French Dembele (140 million euros).

Messi had also expressed his frustration about the controversial deal of Frenchman Griezmann, which ended with 120 million euros without the player offering anything. Sport says Messi has become convinced that Barcelona, ​​with the current administration, has no real project for the team’s future.

• Contacts between Messi, his father and Inter Milan club, before the defeat by Bayern Munich.

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