BARCELONA – Lionel Messi broke the silence and, in dialogue with La Sexta, talked about everything: Barcelona, his present, what he has experienced in recent years and, most importantly, his future.
The Argentine strongly sent a message to Catalan fans: “I feel everything for the Barcelona shirt, this team is my life. I have been there since I was thirteen, I live here more than in my own country. I learned everything here and the club “I am prepared as a player and as a person. I have always left everything for Barcelona and I have a love affair because it is everything I have experienced since I was here.”
Amid uncertainty about his future, Leo admitted he was unhappy last summer. “I’m fine today. It’s true that I had a very bad time in the summer and before and because of the way the season ended. Now I look forward to fighting for the things we will play, I’m excited, but I know the club is over. through a difficult time at all levels.The institution is very bad economically and it will be difficult to go back to where it was before.The fall with Bayern was hard because of the way it was lost and for the year it “I could have lost, but not that way.”
Messi said he would not regret the bureaufax episode, he even said he would do it again. “Burofax will send her back. I told the president in the last six months that I’m leaving and I want to go, to help me, but he always said no. So it was a way of saying, ‘I want to go.’ That this year was going to be a year of transition, with new people, and I wanted to keep fighting for more titles, to fight 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 out to make me look bad. “
I also reject the way in which the Uruguayan Luis Suárez was removed. “I thought they were crazy about 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 was going to fight for the same goals as us. . “
Messi took the time to talk about Maradona’s death. “When Diego died, I was at my house and I got a message from my father, I turned on the TV and found out everything. It was crazy, I couldn’t believe it, even though we all knew that Diego wasn’t Well, no one assumed what was going on, no one can believe that Maradona is dead and that he is no more, it was normal what a funeral it was for what Diego was and what he did for Argentina, what the Argentine feels about him. deserved everything. “
“Newell’s shirt I used was given to me at the club and I had it there. I thought it was time to use it. I came out of the games without scoring goals, but that day I knew that I have to make one “.
Finally, the Argentine said it is not clear about his future. “I know there are people who want to continue in the club, as well as others who don’t want to after everything that has happened. I will do what is best for the club and for me, that’s for sure. I will stay and live in Barcelona and “Later, when I retire, I want to get involved from somewhere in the club. I always wanted to have the experience of living in the United States, so whether it happens or not, I don’t know.”
“I tell the fan that I don’t know if I will go or not, but if I have to leave I hope it will be in the best way and I will come back one day to be able to work at the club and contribute to the improvement of the institution. than any player, including me. Hopefully the next president will do well to win important things again. “