Coach Luis Enrique suggests that Barcelona ‘free’ Messi go | International soccer



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“It’s a sensitive issue,” coach Luis Enrique said before Spain’s game with Ukraine in the UEFA Nations League at 1:45 am (VN time). “I think the clubs (Barcelona) are at the top of the player. Barcelona was founded in 1899 and is one of the best football teams in the world. Leo (nicknamed Messi) helped Barça develop exponentially but I would like much more to reach an agreement (Barcelona let Messi go) ”, underlined coach Enrique.
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Tensions between Messi and President Bartomeu (left) remain tense

Enrique led Messi in Barcelona from 2014 to 2017 and they won the treble together in 2015. The strategist added: “Sooner or later Messi will stop playing for Barça. The club will continue to win. The trophies without Messi and Messi will remain great for many years to come. years more if he leaves.

Messi’s reluctance to accept that he will have to stay in Barcelona following a conflict with President Josep Maria Bartomeu means that the 33-year-old forward’s long-term future remains unpredictable. Messi was absent from Barcelona training on May 5. Other players, including Jordi Alba and Philippe Coutinho, came to training but Messi was unable to appear at the Joan Gamper complex.

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The conflict between Messi and Barcelona caused the world press to stain ink

Messi announced on May 5 that he would be reluctant to stay on the Catalan side and launch an attack on Bartomeu by criticizing him for lying to let him go. The absence of new contracts means that Messi can still negotiate with other teams as of January 1, 2121 and go free when the current contract expires next July. Bed sheet Brand Spain’s description of Messi’s stay with the headline: “Messi stays, the crisis continues.”

Bartomeu can still fulfill his promise to resign, which previously announced that he would retire if Messi openly said that he was the problem that led to the latest conflict. Before that, in the interview with objectiveMessi has insisted that there is a clause in the contract that allows him to leave at the end of last season, but Barcelona said that option expires on October 10. “The president (Bartomeu) has said repeatedly that at the end of the season I can decide if I want to leave or stay and in the end he does not keep his word,” Messi said.

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Messi still wants to leave Barcelona

Messi has asked to leave the club following Barcelona’s humiliating 8-2 loss to Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals and is reportedly likely to join Manchester City. The superstar’s lawyers sent Barcelona a burofax (a form of a secret letter) on August 25 indicating his intention to leave, but Messi insisted he had asked Bartomeu directly for it long ago.

Barcelona ended the season without a title for the first time since 2008, which also extended Messi’s failed streak in the Champions League to five years. Messi has scored 634 goals and has won 34 trophies with the Barça club he joined at age 13. Although he is not happy to stay, Messi continues to insist that he will dedicate himself to Barcelona next season.



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