Joan Gaspart, ex-president of Barcelona and under whose mandate Messi joined the club has stepped up in the SER at the news that the player is considering leaving the team in 2021.
Possibility of Messi leaving in 2021: “I am not worried. Messi is happy and his family is happy in Barcelona, there is nothing to think that he wants to leave. I signed Messi when he was 15. He is the most important player in the history of football. His family was He has come here, he is at ease. The situation is not as we would like the Catalans, but his heart is in Barcelona. He will stay to help, but when he thinks he cannot do it, he will decide to retire or go to some less competitive football. idea is that he is going to stay. “
Relationship with Bartomeu: “I don't think it has a bad relationship with the board, nor are we that bad. We are in the second league, we are alive in the Champions League. Barcelona is a very demanding team, this week we have had to see Madrid above. It is a year elections and someone wants to mount a disaster before the board. I have already experienced this and it is good for those who want to destabilize. The drama is that nothing is happening. A month ago it happened to Madrid. In that month Madrid has played very well and Barcelona has been second. In recent years the tables have been turned. Barcelona has the problem that it was founded to win everything, like Madrid. At the moment it does not win everything … Hobbies from other teams are used to not winning. If you don't win everything, it's a failure. Being second, for example. In other sports, being second is an honor. The players and the comments about them are part of a show that I already I've lived. Now it's Barcelona's turn, because they are second … “
Pessimism: “Nothing is happening. A month ago it happened to Madrid and now to Barcelona. It is not to think that it is going very well and it comes out. One will be champion and another, runner-up. The tables have been changed. Barça makes a team for Winning everything. The same thing happens to Madrid and being second is a failure. Being second is not a failure is a very great success. “
LaLiga is difficult: “The problem is not that Barcelona has to win it, Madrid has to lose it. We are not satisfied with it. We have to win everything. It would be very boring. Problems arise when things do not go well.”