In Italy they already make numbers for Messi
The increasingly probable goodbye of Leo Messi to Barça has been the news of the day also in Italy, where all the covers were ready to go out with the surprising agreement between Inter and Antonio Conte, who just yesterday decided to continue together.
“A sad ending to a wonderful story”, he titled 'La Gazzetta dello Sport', and the ‘Corriere dello Sport’ opened its website like this: “Incredible Messi, he wants to go free”. Meanwhile, everyone was doing numbers, imagining La Pulga in Serie A. The ‘Beckham laws’ of ‘Fisco’, the Italian estate, are an important weapon, and the tifosi of various teams were unleashed on social networks. The Neapolitans dreamed of Maradona's heir, the Romanists of the great surprise of the Friedkin era, the Juventini of joining the Argentine and CR7 …
But the interisti were the most interested. “I think Inter are trying to sign Messi,” Massimo Moratti told AS two days ago. The Milanese let the rumors grow (Suning's announcement with the Barça silhouette in the Duomo spoke very clearly), although right now few believe that what happened in 2018 between Cristiano and Juve can be repeated. Of course, that question also circulated: what if Messi was the key word to convince Conte?
The English press opens its arms to Messi
England it did not take long to alter after the news that Messi wants to leave Barcelona. As soon as it has been known, the media have opened with the Blaugrana footballer and his possible destinations. The most likely, of course, Pep Guardiola's Manchester City, with whom he would meet again in the Premier League after 8 years.
In The Athletic, journalists David Ornstein and Sam Lee claim that Messi has already spoken with Guardiola to know the situation of Manchester City and the possibility of visiting the English club. It will not be easy, yes, because of the economic amount. In addition, the Catalan coach has always expressed his desire for the Argentine to end his career at Barcelona. If that doesn't happen, he would be the first to try his signing.
For his part, Graham Hunter, Spanish soccer analyst at Sky Sports, He says: “Messi has done the right thing and he should have done it before.” And two more, since the Mirror talks about “Pep + Messi 2.0” and The Guardian takes stock of his situation at the Blaugrana club: “The relationship between the player and the club that has been his home for almost 20 years is broken and the crisis is getting deeper. “
Although it has also been published that another of the teams interested in signing Messi may be Manchester United, the reality is far from being this way.
France, surprised by the departure of Messi
The main national media open with the news that the Argentine star has communicated to Barcelona his desire to leave the entity immediately.
The departure of Leo Messi from Barcelona, advanced by TYC Sport and confirmed by the main Spanish media, has generated a stir in France. The prestigious newspaper L’Equipe opened its digital edition highlighting the message that the Argentine star has sent to the Catalan team through burofax.
RMC Sport, one of the most prestigious media in France, has also highlighted Messi's departure on its website. The still Barcelona player is considered by the neighboring country as the best player in history and proof of this is that L’Equipe and France Football have highlighted his career by awarding him the Ballon d'Or six times.
Even Le Monde and Le Figaro, newspapers not specialized in sports, have also dedicated a cover to Leo Messi. The institutional and sports crisis that FC Barcelona is going through has not gone unnoticed by the main national media in France, which have also speculated with a possible arrival of the player to PSG.
Goodbye to Messi made in Bavaria
The news about Leo Messi's farewell to Barcelona fell in Germany as in the rest of the world: like a bomb. Instantly, the face of the Argentine star opened the websites of the main German newspapers, who could not believe that the visible face of the culé painting, for so many years, had decided to put an end to its stay in Barcelona. “Lionel Messi wants to leave FC Barcelona. We repeat: speaking seriously, he wants to leave FC Barcelona! “, Emphasized the German newspaper Bild in its online version.
Of course, the Teutonic media did not take long to put in context the, more than likely, departure of Leo after the hecatomb suffered in the quarterfinals of the Champions League against Bayern Munich. According to the German press, the historic 8-2 suffered against the new champion of the maximum continental competition, had to be key for Messi to take, once and for all, the decision to turn his back on the club of his life. “The Argentine was on the ground after the blow that Bayern endorsed him”, dictates Bild.
It is clear that, as soon as you receive the news, the Germans also wondered where the next destination for the six-time Ballon d'Or will be. “Inter, City and the US sound like possible destinations. Honestly, it is still difficult to imagine Leo wearing a different shirt than the BlaugranaAdmits Bild. It is clear that all the news about Messi's future will continue to make headlines in the Federal Republic, where, above all, Bayern Munich fans beat themselves to the chest for having been the ones who closed the glorious era of the best player in the history of Barça.