Lionel Messi did not show up for a Covid screening test for the FC Barcelona workforce on Sunday, another step in his break with the club, sources close to the Catalan club said. Unlike other players in the workforce, the Argentine superstar was not seen by the journalists present at the entrance of the center, for this medical session on the eve of the resumption of training. He announced Tuesday his desire to leave to the leaders of his club forever.
This "no show" precipitates a little more the divorce between the Argentine legend and his club that he intends to leave. The rest of the workforce responded, including his friend Luis Suarez, also starting, journalists noted. The N.10 and captain Blaugrana had landed at the age of 13 in the club to become the greatest player in its history, winning four Champions Leagues and ten Spanish championships.
"For the Barcelona captain, as he communicated in the letter of last Tuesday, his engagement with FC Barcelona is over" and he considers himself released from any "obligation to sit for exams" or "for training", summarizes Marca . "He is no longer part of the Blaugrana family. He ended an adventure that will have lasted 20 years", continues the best-selling newspaper in Spain, on its site.