The Argentine star, Lionel Messi, presented the last and decisive episode in the series of his departure from Barcelona, by appearing in a special dialogue speaking about the scenes of the decision and the reasons for his retraction.
Messi announced his continuation with Barcelona, revealing the scenes of his conversation with Josep Maria Bartomeu, the club’s president, directing him with a series of harsh criticisms..
But back in 2016, we find that this is not the first time that Messi announces a decision and eventually withdraws it.
After his third consecutive loss in the 2016 Copa America final against Chile, on June 26, Barghout announced that he would never play again for Argentina..
Messi said at the time: “For me, it ended with the national team, I have already tried a lot, it hurts not to be a hero with Argentina and I will leave without succeeding.”“.
He added, “It’s unbelievable. Today we’re playing penalties over and over again. There are four finals I’ve lost, three in a row.”“.
After just 47 days, Messi issued a statement stating that he did not want to create another problem for Argentine football and that he would wear the Argentine national team shirt again. “I seriously thought about leaving, but I love my country and this shirt very much.“.
Messi announced that he would return to play the World Cup 2018 qualifiers, and the Argentine national team was in a difficult situation at the time, and he already led his country to qualify for the World Cup, scoring 3 goals against Ecuador.
Today the matter is repeated with Messi, but in the ranks of his club Barcelona, the Argentine indicated in his lengthy speech that he made a decisive decision to leave and told the club repeatedly, and the situation worsened after the defeat by Bayern Munich (8-2) in the Champions League.
Messi clarified that Barcelona does not have a clear project, and indicated that the Barca administration is covering the holes only without finding an actual solution, in addition to the lack of competition in the Champions League after successive defeats against Rome, Liverpool and Bayern Munich.
In the end, Messi declared that he does not want to stand in court in front of his life club, and that Barcelona is in his heart, and he does not want to leave inappropriately so he will continue with Barca..
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