– This is not a sting. This is a punch – VG

– It becomes difficult not to share every day with you. You deserved to go as you are: one of the most important players in the club’s history. Not that they should kick you out like they did. The truth is that nothing surprises me anymore.

Lionel Messi writes on his Instagram account on Friday.

His goal is the transfer of Luis Suárez to Atlético de Madrid, and criticism of Barcelona comes just a few weeks after the drama in which Messi announced that he would leave the club, but finally turned around and decided to stay.

He did it because he didn’t want to go to court against the club he loves. But Messi was not happy then, nor is he now.

– This type of statement is often defined as a sting, but this is not a sting. This is a punch, right in the hole of Josep Maria Bartomeu. Messi fills in the way the club has handled this situation, Spanish soccer expert Petter Veland tells VG.

Showering with the springs

Messi has been part of the most toxic offensive series in the world of football for several seasons together with his best friend Luis Suárez, who should not have wanted to leave the great Catalan club.

He struggled to hold back the tears when he said goodbye to Barcelona:

– When you lose your most important friend and the greatest supporter in the field, as Suárez has been for Messi, in a period in which he is already dissatisfied and the club is managed as it does, then Messi does not miss the opportunity to resign, says Veland. , and add:

– What we see is an Argentine who continues to roar with his feathers.

– I was not ready

Suárez came to Barcelona from Liverpool six years ago and has become the club’s third highest-scoring player of all time. The club is said to have informed him that his services were no longer needed, and he ended up going to La Liga rival Atlético de Madrid for what would be 66 million crowns.

There have been 198 goals. Only César Rodríguez (232 goals) and Lionel Messi (634) have scored more.

– When the club doesn’t love you anymore, you just have to accept it. But it takes time. It’s difficult, the 33-year-old said during the press conference.

– I was not prepared for this, he added.

It was when Ronald Koeman was hired as a coach that Suárez was informed that he was no longer wanted at the Camp Nou.

The Uruguayan forward won the League and the Copa del Rey four times with Barça, and also participated in the conquest of both the Champions League and the Club World Cup.

Barcelona play their first game of the season on Sunday. Then they meet Villarreal, and the atmosphere before the season premiere is anything but good.