The situation of Lionel Messi at Barcelona does not get better. Days pass and the Argentine still does not renew his link with the Catalan team that ends in June 2021 and therefore from January he will be able to negotiate with another club to leave as a free agent at the end of the season, if that is the case. decide. In this context, the Argentine becomes the object of analysis by leaders, journalists and even some of his former colleagues.
Who spoke about The flea was Pablo Zabaleta, his teammates in the Argentine national team and member of the starting team that reached the final of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The former player who retired in October gave an interview to Stadium Astro where he was asked how he sees his former teammate.
“It’s sad to see Messi in that situation. I never thought he would be in the last year of his contract with Barcelona. The team is not playing well and it seems that he is not enjoying football, that he is not happy. We’ll see what happens to Messi at the end of the season, “said the man from San Lorenzo who completed a great career in Europe, adding:” He needs to enjoy football again because he doesn’t seem to be enjoying it. “
In that interview they asked him if he sees the Manchester City as a possible destiny of the Rosario, and although he did not want to assure anything, he was forceful in his opinion: “It is the best place for Messi”. According to the former full-back who wore the light blue jersey for nine seasons, there are several reasons why the Barcelona striker would immediately adapt to the English team: “He has a close friend in Sergio (Agüero) at City and has worked with Pep before. (Guardiola) at Barcelona, so they know each other. Some of the people on the board also know Messi. So if he decided to leave Barcelona and play in another league, of course City would be a possibility ”.
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However, Zabaleta He admitted that he has a hard time believing that The flea he left the institution where he played all his life and even said that the best thing would be for him to continue defending the colors of the Catalans: “I would like him to stay in Barcelona. He loves the club, I don’t see him leaving ”.
These statements made over the weekend are heard amid rumors that Jorge Messi, Lionel’s father and representative, had traveled to Spain to meet with leaders of the Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) at the Qatari consulate in Barcelona, something that has already been denied. “I’ve been in Argentina since September,” he said on his Instagram account after the information released by the TV program The beach bar.
The truth is that the situation of Messi at the culé club it is not the same as in previous years. The footballer publicly acknowledged that he wanted to leave in August but did not want to enter into legal conflicts with the institution. For that reason alone, he decided to continue at the helm of a new project led by the Dutch Ronald Koeman. The Argentine’s contract will end on June 30, 2021 and as of January 1, he will be able to begin to negotiate freely with any cast to call in for free at the end of his link with the Spanish team.
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