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Ivan Rakitic has poured cold water on suggestions that his former Barcelona teammates Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann don’t like each other.
Rumors of a breakup between the pair persist since Griezmann moved to the Camp Nou from Atlético de Madrid in the summer of 2019.
The French forward admitted early on in his time at the club that he barely spoke to Messi amid reports at the time that the Argentine star wanted Neymar to return to the club.
And Griezmann’s ex-agent added fuel to the fire this week by calling Messi “an emperor” who “did not take Antoine’s signing kindly.”
However, Croatian midfielder Rakitic, who joined Sevilla in the summer after six years with Barcelona, insists their relationship is good.
“From what I could see they got along very well,” he told Canal Sur’s radio program El Pelotazo.
I got along wonderfully well with Antoine and Leo. The two drink mate [tea] together and spending a lot of time together in the dressing room.
It is a bit like everything. If you win every game 5-0, we will all laugh. If not, many things are sought.
“If they both start scoring goals, there will be no more talk, that is the requirement and the expectation of a great team like Barcelona.
But they are two spectacular boys. I have met Antoine, he is a spectacular boy and there should be no problem. ‘
It came after Griezmann’s former agent, Eric Olhats, claimed that Messi ran the Barcelona dressing room with a ‘reign of terror’.
He said: ‘Antoine came to a club where Messi has the last word on everything.
He is both an emperor and a monarch and he did not like Antoine’s signature.
His attitude has been deplorable and made him feel uncomfortable.
“I have always been disgusted to hear Griezmann say that there are no problems with Messi, but never the other way around.
‘It is a reign of terror. Either you are with him or against him.
Last season, when Griezmann arrived, Messi didn’t speak to him and didn’t pass the ball to him. I think he suffered from a negative adaptation. ‘
Griezmann, 29, started the season with two goals in nine games, while Messi, 33, scored six times and provided four assists.
Source: m.allfootballapp.com
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