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By sending an electronic document to Barcelona and expressing his desire to leave the club, Lionel Messi tried to take charge of his own destiny. Ten days later, the forward was forced to change his mind and announced that he will remain with the Spanish club for one more season.
The Catalan directive argued that the term of the contractual clause that would allow him to change equipment for free had expired. To negotiate it, the termination fine of 700 million euros (R $ 4.3 billion) would have to be paid. The Argentine agreed to step back and avoid a legal dispute, but from now on, time is his ally on and off the field.
“There is a new coach and a new idea. That’s fine, but then you have to see how the team responds and if we are going to compete or not. What I can say is that I stay and I am going to do my best,” he said. In an interview. to the Goal.com portal this Friday (4).
Messi also said that Barcelona has not had a project for a long time, he asks to juggle and plug holes when they appear.
Promising to be the same as always and blaming the management for the lack of planning, he places the knife in the chest of president Josep Maria Bartomeu and of the newly arrived Dutch coach Ronald Koeman.
When talking about a project, Lionel Messi, 33, is not referring to the medium or long term. It is not about renewing the squad to become European champions in three years. He wants to win now.
In his calculated statements (which is not to say that they are false), the player chosen six times the best in the world says all the right things.
He loves Barcelona, it hurt him to see his Barcelona questioned, he never saw money as a problem and he will do everything possible for the Blaugrana shirt during the remaining 10 months of his contract. He puts himself as a fan, not the best player in team history. If it goes wrong, it will not be your fault and no one will be able to complain if the desire to leave persists.
Far from the four lines, the ball is also with Messi. It can have a decisive influence on the upcoming presidential elections in Barcelona in March 2021.
You don’t have to campaign for anyone. If you remain silent, unwavering in your desire to change teams, everyone will point the finger at Bartomeu. The attacker can only overthrow the political group of its discontent, the president who is the political heir of Josep Luiz Nuñez, a mandate that remained in power for 22 years and is remembered, among other things, for defending the idol Johan Cruyff of the Camp Nou.
Although Messi says he is not overweight, the financial issue becomes even more favorable. For another season, he will receive his salary of 100 million euros (R $ 624.5 million at the current price). As of January, you can sign a pre-contract with any club, without Barcelona having the right to anything. This would maximize your trading power, not just on expirations, but primarily on gloves.
If this is the result, no one can say that the 10 jersey left the team in the middle of the deal.
And there is always the possibility to work. With the return of Philippe Coutinho, some reinforcements (the stay of Luis Suárez, his great friend and already dismissed by Koeman, is not ruled out) and the new job of the Dutch coach, it is possible that everything fits.
If Barcelona win everything and Messi renews his relationship again, this time to end his career in the “club of his life”, as he said when announcing his stay, the confirmation will be that he was right from the beginning in his demands and complaints.
The number 10 jersey will continue to be, as always with the blue and maroon uniform, the favorite son of La Masia, the association’s football academy.
It may even appear that Messi lost the battle this Friday. But the war has already won.
