BARCELONA – Rivaldo, a Brazilian star who belonged to Barcelona between 1997 and 2002, considered that the Barça club made a “mistake” in not transferring Lionel Messi at the end of last season, given the serious economic crisis he has the Barça club going through, comparing his case with Real Madrid, which sold Cristiano Ronaldo “and earned about 100 million euros for him”.
The former Brazilian footballer who as a Barça player has won two League titles and a Cup (in addition to winning the Golden Ball in 1999) explained that the previous Barça directive “made a mistake in not transferring him to Messi when he still had a contract. He could do something similar to what Real Madrid did with Cristiano Ronaldo when he sold him and earned about 100 million euros.
In Rivaldo’s opinion, this mistake will be paid for by the next president of the Barça club because, he suspects, the Argentine star will end up leaving once the contract is concluded without leaving any benefit for the Barça tapes.
“Messi’s departure seems inevitable to me. It is very painful to see a very talented player leave Barcelona for free when the club is going through so many financial problems,” he revealed.
In this context, the Brazilian considered Philippe Coutinho to be “a good sale” because he has a good range in England, despite the fact that things did not go well for him in Barcelona and the club would stay with Dembélé and Griezmann, who can help guarantee the future, despite the fact that he is aware that the Barça club will not be able to recover the investment he once made for his compatriot.
From there and because of the economic crisis facing Barça, Rivaldo advised the establishment of a new career-focused sports policy at the Camp Nou, highlighting a Riqui Puig whom he said reminds him of “the first Xavi to start coming out highlighted when I was on the team. I like to see Koeman start to give it more importance, because the child shows that he has an excellent personality and that he deserves it. “
“Certainly, he and Pedri are the future of Barcelona in these times and it will be important for the transition to be positive in order to continue to win titles,” he agreed, confident that the president who wins the election “will make the right decisions” to prevent Barça club from the loss of its sporting greatness, as happened to Milan in his time.
“I hope that the new president knows how to make the best decisions, the most appropriate in terms of sponsorships, sales, signatures … To prevent Barcelona from falling into a similar situation. Honestly, I don’t think such a thing will have to happen. “It’s happening with Barcelona, but it’s very important to take steps to avoid it, because fans can’t afford to be one or two decades without fighting for titles; that’s beyond any doubt,” said the former player. Boat.