Messi meets his old friends in Barcelona at a Japanese restaurant. He refuses to invite the "traitor" (photos)
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The Argentine star Lionel Messi returned on a short visit with his family to the Spanish city of Barcelona, where he invited some of his old friends and members of their families to a dinner in one of the famous Japanese restaurants in the city, and it was remarkable the absence of a very prominent name, and a long relationship with Messi, where he was not directed to him. The invitation, and it comes to the current Barcelona captain Gerard Pique.
And the Catalan newspaper, Diario Sport, reported that the dinner was also to celebrate the birthday of Xavi, the current coach of Barcelona, and among the invitees were Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba, as well as a former employee of Barcelona, Pepe Costa, but the strange thing is that Pique, who began his career in Barcelona Academy in The same time Messi launched, he was left out.
It turned out that the reason was Messi accusing Pique of "betraying" and abandoning him, when he refused to reduce his salary so that Messi could stay in Barcelona and not go to Saint-Germain, while Busquets and Jordi Alba agreed to that.
It was strange that Pique agreed to reduce his salary immediately after confirming Messi's departure officially last summer, according to what the newspaper indicated.
Added to this are previous hints by Pique against Messi, that the club is greater than any player, and that whoever wants to stay has to sacrifice as well.
Since Messi left Barcelona, the two have not met at any event, and even contacts between them have stopped, according to the newspaper.
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