Was Messi betrayed by Gerard Pique? .. A Spanish newspaper tells the details
The Spanish newspaper "El Pais" reported Tuesday that Lionel Messi was betrayed by his friend Gerard Pique and President Joan Laporta before announcing his departure from the club, and tried to seek treatment in Paris.
And “Russia Today” quoted the famous Spanish newspaper: “Messi was living his life normally in Barcelona, in addition to the stability of his family, but all of a sudden collapsed in early August when club president Joan Laporta informed him that it was impossible to continue. The Argentine star was exposed to emotional pain similar to the time. The first in which he had to leave his hometown of Rosario, Argentina, and move to Barcelona, in 2001.
Pique and Messi are from the 1987 generation that was in the "La Masia" academy, as they played with each other since the Argentine arrived in Barcelona, and then they joined the first team from 2008 to 2021.
And she added: “Messi felt betrayed within the club, he knew that his friend Gerard Pique advised Laporta not to renew the contract of the club legend. He accepted only Paris’ offer to heal the emotional fracture caused by his friend and the president.”
Messi has not appeared at the expected level with Paris so far, and the newspaper explains this: He has entered a new challenge in his life, a dressing room he is not used to, and one of the players even said: Messi does not speak, he sits in his place and remains calm and looks at everything.
Barcelona ended its relationship with the greatest player in its history last August, as Laporta said that the salary ceiling of the Spanish League did not allow the continuation of the historical scorer, which called him to leave Barcelona after 20 years of joining the famous club “La Masia” academy.
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