• Jorge Messi. "It's difficult for him to stay at Barça"

Leo Messi's goodbye to Barça is turning into a long story that invites us to think of an uncertain ending, because neither party is willing to give their arm to twist.

The father of the crack,

Jorge Messi

, who acts as his representative, landed on Tuesday morning in Barcelona after a long trip by private jet and in the afternoon he met with Josep Maria Bartomeu, assisted by a lawyer from Cuatrecasas, without reaching any agreement.

The president denied him an agreed exit and offered to renew his contract with Barcelona for two more years.

In the meeting, which lasted almost two hours, Bartomeu was firm and said that

Koeman was counting on him

,

with

no room for negotiation.

The president was accompanied by the manager Javier Bordas, while Jorge Messi was assisted by the lawyer from Cuatrecasas Jorge Pecourt and by his son and brother of the footballer, Rodrigo.

Hours before, as soon as he left the airport, Messi's father saw how an avalanche of informants hovered over him to get a statement.

"I don't know anything, boys," was one of the phrases they got out of him while he was getting into a taxi.

Upon reaching the building where the Leo Messi Foundation is based, on Avenida Diagonal, near the Camp Nou, a Mediaset team managed a few more words.

And very significant.

"It is difficult for Leo to stay at Barça," he

slipped, while pointing out that he had not spoken with Pep Guardiola or anyone from Manchester City, one of the main teams that would be interested in hiring the Barcelona player.

Perhaps, Bartomeu tried to hold on to Messi's father's claim like a burning nail.

At the end of the day, he said that it is difficult for him to stay at the club, not impossible.

Subsequently, Jorge Messi met with his lawyers throughout the morning to prepare the strategy to follow before the directors of the entity.

After being together for about six hours, he left the meeting to eat with

Rodrigo

, the eldest of his sons, in a restaurant located in the Les Tres Torres neighborhood, in the Sarrià-Sant Gervasi district.

Both would later participate in the meeting with the Barça president.

In the morning, meanwhile, Bartomeu was present at the farewell of

Ivan Rakitic

, who has closed his signing for Sevilla after six seasons at Barcelona.

As soon as the first parliaments of the Croatian's farewell act ended and the press conference began, the president preferred to leave the midfielder alone to attend the media, they participated electronically.

For now, both the top Barcelona leader and Messi himself are reluctant to face the questions of the informants.

And Rakitic even seemed to send a small message to the one who has been his wardrobe partner until now.

«Each player makes his analysis and makes his decisions.

I have seen that this was my moment.

What he or someone else will do, I don't know.

My departure went well.

I have not thought about Messi, I have thought about my situation.

The first option is always Barça for me, but everyone has to make their decision, "stressed the Croatian, who was not part of the plans of the new Barcelona coach, Ronald Koeman.

«I am very grateful to the president for the treatment on my departure.

We have talked about everything, the board knows me very well.

The main thing was to reach a good understanding for all parties, and it has come now.

It was important for me to return to Sevilla, but before it was not the time to leave.

Barça is the best club to be in.

Now, on the other hand, that moment has come ”, he stressed.

In the afternoon, the most absolute secrecy about the meeting dominated, broken for a surreal moment: the president's car passed in front of the latter's house, without being seen in the cabin, and immediately turned around .

Apparently his son was driving it.

It was a red herring.

The president was elsewhere, firm in his no.

For now.

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