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In an interview with Goal.com on Friday, Messi himself assured that he will remain in Barcelona during the 2020-21 season.
Messi spoke of many more things at this time. He said that they have always called him Bartomeu, the decision to stay in the team at the end of the season is his.
“I told the club, including the president, that I wanted to go. I’ve been telling him this all year. I think it’s time to move on.”
“I think the club needs more young footballers, new footballers and I think my time at Barcelona is over. I was very upset because I always said that this is where I want to finish my career ”.
“Throughout the year, I’ve been telling the president that I want to leave, it’s time to set new career goals and move on. He says all the time,” We’ll talk later, not now; This-that, ‘but he didn’t say it. The president has not made it clear to me what he really said.
Barcelona have had a bad year. After 12 years, the team has a zero trophy season. Messi had to go through a difficult time in the coronavirus situation. The 33-year-old forward said he felt the need to leave the team from within.
“The year was very difficult. I suffered a lot in training, in games and in the dressing room. Everything was hard for me. Then there comes a time when I set new goals. “
“I told the president, and the president always said that I would decide if I stayed or not, at the end of the season, and in the end he didn’t speak.”
On August 25, the Argentine star’s fax message swept the soccer world. The Barcelona captain announced his decision to leave the Camp Nou in free transfer after a contract clause. However, the Catalan club claimed that the deadline to implement the clause expired on June 10. As a result, under the deal, he will either have to stay until the end of the 2020-21 season, or he will have to pay a total of 600 million euros for the buyout clause.
In the end, Messi changed his mind and decided to stay one more season since he did not go to the legal battle with the team.
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