BARCELONA – Lionel Messi broke the silence and spoke, in dialogue with La Sexta, about everything: Barcelona, the present, what has happened in recent times and especially the future.
The Argentinian forcefully sent a message to the Catalan fans: “I feel everything for the Barcelona shirt, this team is my life. I’ve been there since I was 13, I’ve lived here longer than in my own country. I have everything here and learned the club. I was trained as a player and a person. I’ve always left everything behind for Barcelona and I have a love affair because it’s all I’ve been through since I was here. “
Amid uncertainty about his future, Leo admitted that he was unhappy last summer. “I am doing well today. It is true that I had a very bad time in the summer and before that also because of the end of the season. Now I look forward to fighting for the things that we are going to play, I am excited but I know the club is going through it For a tough time at all levels The mindset is very bad economically and it will be difficult to get back to where it was before The fall with Bayern was difficult because of how it lost and because of the year we had had. We could lose, but not that way ”.
Messi said he wouldn’t regret the burofax episode, he even said he would do it again. The burofax would return it. I’ve been telling the president for the past six months that I was leaving and that I wanted to go to help me, but he always said no. So it was a way of saying ‘I want to get serious’. that this year was going to be a transition year, with new people and I wanted to keep fighting for more titles, fighting again in the Champions League and La Liga. I felt it was time to leave and I wanted to do it right. The president started filtering things on make me look bad “
I also reject the way in which the Uruguayan Luis Suárez was removed. “It seemed crazy what they did to Luis because of the way everything was resolved, because of the way he left and because he left for free and they gave him to a team that would fight for the same goals as we do.”
Messi took the time to talk about Maradona’s death. “When Diego died, I was home and a message came from my father, I turned on the TV and found out everything. It was crazy, I couldn’t believe it, because although we all knew that Diego was not well, nobody thought that he was going to go what happened. No one can believe that Maradona passed away and he’s gone. It was normal what the funeral was for what Diego was and what he did for Argentina, what the Argentinian feels about him. He deserved everything. “
“The Newell shirt I used was given to me by the club and I had it there. It seemed to me it was time to use it. I came out of matches without scoring goals, but that day I knew I had one. had to make. “
Finally, the Argentinian said his future is not clear. “I know there are people who want me to continue in the club and others who don’t want to after everything that has happened. I will do the best for the club and for myself, that’s for sure. When I retire later, do i want to join the club somewhere i’ve always wanted to have experience of living in the states, i don’t know if it happens or not.
“I tell the fan I don’t know if I’m going or not, but if I have to leave I hope it will be the best way and come back one day to be able to work at the club and contribute to the improvement of the institution. Barcelona is much bigger. than any player, including me. Hopefully the president who comes will do things right to win important things again. “