“We will ask Messi for a salary sacrifice”

Emili
Rousaud continues to reel off his strategy to obtain the signatures that convert his candidacy for the presidency of FC Barcelona into an official candidacy. In his last appearance, in an interview in the newspaper See, spoke about the situation of Leo
Messi. His approach as a candidate is that the captain, in order to continue at Barça, should lower the card.

“We will have to sit with Messi and ask for a salary sacrifice. Right now, with the pay conditions it has, it is not sustainable. Messi He has written the most brilliant pages in the club’s history, and we must honor our legends. But reality is what it is. We will ask for this sacrifice. And if finally there is no agreement, Messi will not be, “he argued openly.

“The partner cannot be fooled”

Rousaud not afraid that your words about the renewal of Messi acquire an unpopular tone among the Barça social mass. “Honestly, I think things have to be said as they are. The partner cannot be fooled. We will do our best to ensure that Messi stay, but always with the interests of the club ahead. It is not above the club. Do I want him to stay? Yes. But not at any price. It must be sustainable in salary ”.

On the non-economic arguments to convince Messi, Rousaud it is clear that “Leo it doesn’t put money first. He is already the highest paid footballer. When he says he’s leaving in the summer, don’t be fooled, he’s not saying it for money, but because he’s a born winner and there isn’t a team competitive enough. Therefore, we must convince you that we are going to create a winning project. And from there, he will make the decision he sees fit. In our candidacy is Josep
Maria
Minguella, who knows him well, as well as his father and his environment ”.

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