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In an interview with Goal page on September 4, captain Lionel Messi announced that he will remain at Barça for at least one more season.
“I will stay at Barça,” Messi said. “I will continue to play hard for Barça, no matter how much I want to go. I always want to win, I don’t want to lose any game. I always want the best to come. With this team, with my teammates and with me.”
Messi (right) talks to the reporter objective 4th of September. Image: Objective.
Messi’s statement ended 10 turbulent days, since he sent a fax to Barça with the desire to unilaterally terminate the contract a year in advance. “When I spoke of my plans to leave Barça, disaster struck. My wife and children burst into tears. The boys didn’t want to leave Barcelona, they didn’t want to change schools. But I looked ahead and wanted to compete in the Champions League. We can win or lose, but at least they can’t crush us like in Rome, Liverpool or Lisbon. So I decided to end my contract with Barça, “the 33-year-old forward explained about the desire to start.
Both Barça and La Liga do not want Messi to leave and seek to be subject to a clause related to a compensation of 700 million euros (830 million dollars). His father and agent, Jorge Messi, had to fly from Rosario, Argentina to Barcelona to meet with President Josep Maria Bartomeu. On the afternoon of September 4, Mr. Jorge announced that the € 700 million clause was not in force. A few hours later, Messi announced that he would stay.
“I thought I was free to go. The Barça president always said that at the end of the 2019-2020 season I have the right to decide my own future. But they cling to the fact that I did not warn before the date.” June 10, 2020. At that time, Barça was still playing in LaLiga, in the midst of the Covid-19 epidemic, so I decided to continue playing at Barça, because the president said that he would have to pay 700 million euros. I can’t pay that money. Another way is to take Barça to the pitch, but I will never do it with the team I love. Barça gave me everything in my career. Life for me, and I will do everything for the team. I never thought I would take Barça to the pitch, “said the 33-year-old forward.
Since 2015, after coach Luis Enrique’s triplet, Barça entered a difficult stage. Not once has he made it past the Champions League semi-finals, even receiving heavy defeats such as 0-3 against AS Roma, 0-4 against Liverpool and 2-8 against Bayern Munich in the quarterfinals on August 14. Almost immediately after the end of the season, Barça fired coach Quique Setien to appoint Ronald Koeman, a member of Barça’s “Dream Squad” in the 1990s. “He used to say that Barça didn’t have enough support to win the Champions League, “added Messi. “Now I don’t know how the situation will be. Barça appoints a new coach, with a new plan, that’s fine. We’ll wait to see how the team reacts and if we can compete at the highest level.” Best”.
Messi arrived at Barça in 2001, at the age of 13. Less than three years later, he made his first-team debut against José Mourinho’s Porto on November 16, 2003. At 16, Messi played so well that Ronaldinho had to say that one day he would be outclassed by his youth.
So far, Messi has kicked 731 official games for Barça, scoring 634 goals. He won 10 La Liga titles, won four Champions League titles and six Ballon d’Or tournaments.
Messi will fulfill the contract, until June 30, 2021. President Bartomeu wants a two-year extension, but is undecided. In principle, Messi can negotiate with another team from December 2020.
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