Sergio Ramos has been critical of Lionel Messi’s current approach to leaving FC Barcelona after 20 years. “He deserves to be able to decide about his future. But I don’t know if that’s the best way to go, ”said the captain of Barça’s arch-rivals Real Madrid.
The 34-year-old also hopes Messi will stay with Barcelona and the Spanish league. “You always want to win against the best, and he’s one of the best in the world,” said Ramos in Stuttgart at a press conference of the Spanish national soccer team before the duel with Germany this Thursday (8.45pm in the FAZ live ticker for the Nations League and on ZDF): “Leo makes the Spanish league, his team and the Clásicos better.”
Messi’s father: “It’s difficult for him to stay”
However, Messi wants to leave the club he joined in 2000. His contract is actually still valid until the end of June 2021, but he invokes a clause that he can terminate unilaterally. Barcelona insist that the time for this has long passed.
So far there has been no convergence. Even a conversation between Messi’s father Jorge, who has managed the 33-year-old from the start, and club boss Josep Maria Bartomeu did not lead to an agreement. As reported by Spanish newspapers, both sides insisted on their demands and positions at a meeting on Wednesday.
Barça want to keep Messi and are said to have offered him a contract extension until the end of June 2022. It is unclear whether there will be another meeting. “I think it’s difficult for him to stay,” Jorge Messi emphasized.
Lionel Messi himself remains silent. Since the 2: 8 disaster in the quarter-finals of the Champions League against FC Bayern Munich on August 14, the six-time world footballer from Argentina has not made any public statements. He also boycotted FC Barcelona training.
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