KOMPAS.com – Hot news related to Lionel Messi’s desire to leave Barcelona made Newell’s Old Boys Vice President, Cristian D’Amico, also commented.
On Friday (3/7/2020), Spanish media based in Madrid, The country, reported that Lionel Messi has stopped contract negotiations with the Barcelona stronghold.
Various problems are rumored to be the basis why the winner of six Ballon d’Or titles was reluctant to sign a new contract at Barcelona.
Messi is said to be getting fed up with the conditions that occur in Barcelona where the club nicknamed the Blaugrana are increasingly lagging behind Real Madrid in the hunt for La Liga titles this season.
In addition, Messi is also called not in line with Barcelona coach, Quique Setien.
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“Maybe Setien misunderstood, we can’t win the Champions League again,” Messi said some time ago about Setien’s target with the Blaugrana.
Messi’s contract in Barcelona will actually expire in June 2021.
However, in the last contract he signed in 2017, the attacker nicknamed La Pulga aka The Flea could leave Barcelona at the end of this season.
With the condition of Barcelona’s dressing room getting hotter, news of Messi’s desire to leave Camp Nou was even louder.
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Responding to the news, Cristian D’Amico said that the door of Newell’s Old Boys was always open for Messi.
“Is Messi back? I don’t know if that can happen,” D’Amico told TNT Sports, quoted from Tribal Football on Saturday (4/7/2020).
“The decision depends on him and his family. As club officials, we must be able to provide the best possible for him to make a decision,” he added.
It is known, Messi has indeed studied football in the Newell’s Old Boys youth team for six years.
The Argentine national team captain left Newell’s Old Boys when Barcelona signed him in 2001 when he was only 14 years old.
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Furthermore, D’Amico said that sending Messi back to Argentina is not impossible considering they brought Diego Maradona in 1993.
“When Diego Maradona came to Newell’s, no one expected him to come. I always hoped that such a thing also happened to Messi,” said D’Amico.
“Our fans will definitely want to see the best players back in club uniforms. However, we must be patient,” concluded D’Amico.
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