Why did Lionel Messi leave? “We were ditching the camel to raise money for him”

A statement came from the Barça side about the departure of Lionel Messi, who left his 21-year Barcelona past and transferred to Paris Saint-Germain.

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AS According to the news in the newspaper, Jose Elias, a businessman and one of the financiers of Barcelona under the management of Laporta, listed the reasons for Messi’s separation.

“We needed to form a new team in Barcelona, ​​and you couldn’t do that with Messi. He was old enough to not be in Barcelona. Messi’s end was clear. If not last year, he would have left this year. If we had sent him a year ago, we would have made some money,” said Elias.

“He didn’t cry because he left Barcelona”

“To make Barcelona a team that won again, it was necessary to prepare a post-Messi project. At some point it had to be decided. This is the law of life. Messi cried not because he didn’t continue at Barcelona, ​​but because he was about to end a cycle.”

“We were digging a camel to raise money for Messi”

“There were three reasons why Messi didn’t stay at Barcelona. The first was the club’s salary organisation. He had to face salary cuts. Secondly, we didn’t have the money to give him. We had to ditch the camel to raise money for Messi. Third, we had to create a new team and a vision. Messi We couldn’t have done it”

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