World expectation: Lionel Messi called a press conference after leaving Barcelona

The questions behind the departure of Lionel Messi of Barcelona slowly begin to clear up and all expectations will be centered on this Sunday: the footballer called a press conference for 12 noon in Spain (7 in the morning in Argentina) in which it is expected that it will provide details of what happened in the negotiation with the club and give clues about its future.

The press conference will will be held at the Auditori 1899 of the Nou field, the same place where the president faced the media Joan Laporta this Friday. The president explained there the version of the Catalan entity on the negotiations with Leo and the impediment imposed by the League of Spain to accept the contract as a result of the salary cap that exists there around the fair play financial. The news was confirmed by the Spanish club on their official network profiles.

“I don’t want to create false hopes. He told us during the negotiations that he has other proposals and there is a time limit here. Both for us because the tournament is starting, and for him, who also needs time. The player needs time to avoid having to continue in this line and to be able to evaluate other options“Laporta acknowledged.

After that now legendary contract signed on a napkin in December 2000, Messi spent the last two decades of his life in Catalonia and it will be the first time that he will emigrate from that country to wear another club’s shirt. The president had said in his conference that he tried to schedule that press conference on Friday together with Leo, but that the climate on the footballer’s side was “disappointment”. He also clarified that they would recognize him depending on his interest: “The tribute that will be made to Leo Messi, will be the one he wants”.

The detail around this conference is that Barcelona precisely tomorrow will officially start its journey with the traditional trophy Joan gamper in which he will face Cristiano Ronaldo’s Juventus. That meeting has a scheduled start time for 9:30 p.m. in Spain, just a couple of hours after the press conference that Messi will give.

The club today released the list of players for the season and, logically, number 10 was vacant for the time being. For now, Memphis Depay the 9 Y Sergio Aguero the 19.

While the expectation grows for what Messi will say tomorrow, the rumors are sounding more and more force about his possible landing in the Paris Saint Germain of France. While all of this is going on, most of your Barcelona teammates and former club players fired by social networks with different messages making it clear that this extensive stage as a professional of the Blaugrana.

Since the famous exploded burofax, Messi decided to keep silent about his stay in Barcelona and only gave two interviews to Spanish journalists Jordi Évole Y Ruben Uría. During his extensive concentration with the Argentine team to play the Qualifiers and the Copa América, Leo gave some press conferences but always related to his present with the T-shirt albiceleste.

Press conference schedule: 12.00 (Spain) / 7.00 (Argentina and Uruguay) / 6.00 (Chile, Venezuela, Bolivia and Paraguay) / 5.00 (Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and Colombia)

Live streaming: Barcelona official site

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