Messi will continue at Barcelona because he doesn’t want to go to trial

Messi stays at Barça.

The Argentine star said in an interview to “Goal.com” that he will fulfill the year of his contract with the Barça club, whom he had asked days ago to allow his departure.

But the player said he does it just to prevent the matter from ending up in court.

“I would never go to trial against Barcelona because it is the club of my life. If that is the only way out, I’ll stay,” said the star, who maintains open discrepancies with the current Barcelona leadership.

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After the painful elimination of his team against Bayern Munich in the Champions League, Messi had asked to terminate his contract invoking a clause that allows him to do so at the end of each season, but Barça claimed that the date on which it was to be effective had already passed and insisted that he had to pay 700 million euros ($ 824 million) if he wanted to change clubs.

The player maintains that he did not do it before because the opportunity to do so is at the end of each season and the coronavirus pandemic caused it to last beyond the date that appears in the contract.

Now, after weeks of rumors that had placed him next season at Manchester City under Pep Guardiola, the coach with whom he achieved some of his greatest achievements as a Barça player, Messi resigns himself to continue one more season in Barcelona.

Reproaches to the directive

Messi continues, although he does so without sparing criticism against his president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, and the management of its board of directors.

“There has been no project for a long time and there is nothing, they are juggling and covering holes,” reproached the Rosario.

Messi also accused Bartomeu of not having complied with what he told him in private about his desire to leave the Camp Nou.

“The president always said that at the end of the season I could decide if I wanted to go or if I wanted to stay and in the end he did not end up keeping his word.”

After the announcement this Friday, Messi will be one of the key players under the orders of Ronald Koeman, the newly signed Dutch coach with the aim of restoring enthusiasm to the fans after a disappointing season.

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