Messi is sincere with Évole: “Sometimes I would like to be anonymous”

Leo Messi reveals data this Sunday about where his future is in an interview with Jordi Évole in La Sexta. The player concludes his contract with Barcelona on June 30 and has not yet revealed what his intentions are after last summer looking for a way out of the club. He did so through a burofax sent to the club on August 25 and was met with the refusal of the then president of the club, Josep Maria Bartomeu, to accept that march, because the period the player had to freely leave the club had expired on June 10.

The interview with Évole was recorded on December 18 and already some of the Argentine phrases transcended. “The truth is that today I'm fine. It's true that I had a very bad time in the summer. It came from before. What happened before the summer, because of how the season ended, the burofax and all that … Then I dragged him a bit at the beginning of the season. But today I'm fine and I feel like fighting seriously for everything that lies ahead., excited. I know that the club is going through a difficult time, at the club and team level, and everything that surrounds Barcelona is becoming difficult, but I'm looking forward to it. “

This Saturday Évole hung up on his social networks another short excerpt from the interview, in which the Argentine addresses his coaches: “Pep has something special. It makes you see things in a way … how he prepared the games, how he prepared them defensively, where to attack. I was lucky to have Guardiola and Luis Enrique, the two best, very followed. Having them so often and so fast made me grow a lot in football and in tactical wisdom. “

He was also sincere on the subject of his personal life and his fame and popularity: “I am privileged for all that I had to live, but there are times when I would like to be anonymous. I would like to be able to enjoy going to a flea market, a cinema or a restaurant, especially when I am with my children. “

The interview was going to be broadcast last Sunday, but Messi requested that it be postponed so that it did not coincide with the TV3 Marathon, aimed at raising funds in the fight against COVID and which accumulated 10 million euros in donations from viewers throughout the program.

Parties: “I'm going to Argentina, we are to celebrate with the family, my mother is in Argentina, my sister. It is a moment where we are all. But with this mess it is complicated. Now I don't know how the restrictions are. I think they are in ten people ”.

Santa Claus or the Kings: “Both things are celebrated. More Santa Claus but also the Kings ”.

Gift of his childhood: “Yes. It was always ball, booties or something related to football. I remember a ball that was played in the tournament, which was very expensive and it was difficult for us to get it. But my mom and dad did the impossible so that at Christmas we would have the gift we wanted. Then also a soccer jersey, from Newell’s. But in general, Santa Claus was always good. “

He said yes to the interview when he lost against Cádiz and Juve: “When you told me to talk about the pandemic on the Internet… I don't think about such serious things. I do not like it very much. I prefer to do it in my private circle. But I am a man of my word, I said that I was going to give you the interview and we are going to talk about whatever it is ”.

You feel like talking: “Yes”.

What makes you get off the couch? “When I started to dedicate myself to this, the passion or the fan inside I put aside. What makes me get up from the couch now are my children, I have to run after them ”.

Athletes you admire: “Rafa Nadal, Federer, LeBron… In all sports there is an athlete who stands out and is admirable. Cristiano, in football… I admire all the athletes who stand out and leave everything to give their best ”.

Play the Play: “I played a lot, but from the birth of Thiago I stopped playing. Before it was all day. Then it changed. And now that Thiago is starting to play, I start to play with him. I'm starting to get hooked again ”.

He always plays with Messi or has started to play with Cristiano: “With anyone. The one who chooses a team is Thiago, but I have played with another team that is not Barça. With anyone”.