Messi meditates not to go on Sunday

Leo Messi is considering very seriously not to go next Sunday to the Ciutat Esportiva de Sant Joan Despí where the squad is summoned first thing in the morning to pass medical tests facing the restart of training that includes the PCR tests for COVID-19.

The question of whether Messi was going to appear or not arose at the same moment in which the famous burofax arrived to the Camp Nou offices. At first it was taken for granted that Messi was not going to show up for the first date of the new season, although later they tried to temper their spirits and the player did not pose any problem if he had to go.

However, there is a part of the legal team that advises Messi that considers that since the club was officially notified through the burofax Since the contractual relationship is settled, it is no longer necessary for Leo to go to the Ciutat Esportiva. The question is still under debate within Messi's collaborators, but at Barça they consider it very likely that he will not be presented.

With this attitude, Messi would imitate the one Neymar had exactly one year ago with Paris Saint-Germain when he did not show up for the first training sessions. of his team to press for his departure to Barcelona.

As is known, that caused a great controversy that even led PSG's own fans to boo the Brazilian when he returned to training late and the French team coach left his star on the bench as punishment. But in the end, the situation was redirected, Neymar apologized and the season ended like a hero until the end of Lisbon.

According to the internal code of Barcelona, skipping medical tests on Sunday it would mean a light sanction and if it were missing for two days in a row, the sanction would become serious.

For this Sunday the medical examination and preseason training would begin on Monday from the Koeman era officially.

It would be then provided that his absence was confirmed, when Barcelona would open a file similar to the one he opened for Arthur for the same issue that provides for a sanction of employment and salary and if it persists, an economic fine.