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Messi decided to stay in Barcelona, after a week of scandal due to the announcement, via burofax, of leaving the club of his entire life and going to Manchester City for free. The problem grew and there was talk of paying 700 million euros and even a trial, so the Argentine decided to fulfill his year of contract and then look at his future.
The analysis of Jorge Valdano, former Argentine footballer and world champion in 1986, was clear and forceful. He did it, as usual, in the column he writes for the Spanish newspaper ‘The country’.
Valdano spoke of the enigmas of this negotiation. What was a fair deal? How much is a retreating legend worth? We are talking about the divorce between an institution that is “more than a club” against another that is “more than a player”. So big, that the third question was even more complicated: what intermediate solution would save the reputation of Messi and that of the president of Barça in the face of history? The answer was: none, “said the Argentine.
Later, the former Real Madrid coach and sports director made it clear that Messi’s continuity does not dissipate Barcelona’s serious problems. “Messi remains, but football problems, personal mistrust and the desire to leave implicit in the burofax, also remain.”
“At this point, I still believe that there is only something worse than Messi’s departure, and that is that Messi remains in these conditions. At the first tie, all the seams of a forced agreement will blow up. Barça will continue wasting time, and Messi the charm of his long career because, in defeat, the burofax will be for Leo like the photo of the elephant for the emeritus king ”.
