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Javier Tebas, president LaLiga, welcome Lionel Messi leave the competition. This is not the first time this has been said by him.
Tebas’ most recent statement has been cited by European media. This is a continuation of Messi’s transfer saga at Barcelona last summer.
“We want Messi to stay in LaLiga, but (Cristiano) Ronaldo and Neymar leave and we don’t feel there is any difference. We are ready (if Messi leaves LaLiga),” Javier Tebas was quoted as saying BBC, regarding the possibility of LaLiga being left behind by Lionel Messi.
According to him, in the past LaLiga already lost top stars like Neymar from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain in 2017 and Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid to Juventus one year later. Messi was welcome to leave if he wanted.
Last summer the future Lionel Messi in Barcelona it is very speculated. The 33-year-old Argentinian star even made a request to be released by Los Cules, although he ended up staying.
However, Lionel Messi’s future is still full of speculation. The resignation of Josep Maria Bartomeu from the presidency of Barcelona is thought to have the potential to make Messi stay. But the fact is that La Pulga’s contract will still expire in the summer.
Not only this time, Javier Thebes talk about possibility LaLiga without Lionel Messi. Before this, he had emphasized that LaLiga would still sell without Messi.
Javier Tebas even said that Messi risked tarnishing his own reputation if he left Barcelona, which was his club since he was 13 years old.
“We’ve been lucky enough to enjoy the action for many years, but Messi should think carefully about what he will do in the future,” he told AFP, which was launched Daily Mail.
“If Messi leaves Barcelona, his current reputation and the one he has built so well will be damaged. He will indeed get a better offer from a financial perspective, but his reputation after more than 20 years, I think he should keep it,” he said Thebes at that time.
Currently there are Manchester City who are predicted to be in the forefront of the effort to hook Lionel Messi. One of them is because there is Pep Guardiola, his former coach at Barca, who is now managing Man City.
If The Citizens are really eyeing Messi, the rich English club will officially be able to approach a salary offer on January 1, considering the player’s contract in Barcelona will expire in the summer.
(krs / bay)
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