Absolute silence at FC Barcelona regarding the Leo Messi interview in which the Argentine confirmed that he is staying at Barcelona simply for not taking the “team of my life” to court and in which he makes severe criticism of the management centered on Josep Maria Bartomeu.
And the fact is that the debate around the continuity of Messi has been closed for the moment until next June 30, but a period of difficult coexistence between the president and the star of the team has opened, who assures that Bartomeu “did not give him a ball ”And that“ he did not keep his word ”.
From the club they consider that any reaction in this sense would make things worse and they consider that if until now the tactic of staying silent has had an effect in terms of getting Messi to remain in the team, now they are not going to change strategy.
The main objective of the board chaired by Josep Maria Bartomeu was for Messi to continue one more season and they have succeeded, but Nobody is aware that from the interview the figure of the president is very touched.
From the club they hope that Messi will immediately join training after passing the mandatory PCR test. The team is scheduled to exercise on Saturday and has a day off on Sunday, so Monday could be the captain's first day of coexistence with his teammates.
It remains to resolve the issue of the sanction derived from the file that the club has open against its star for not having attended the training sessions of the first week of work. From the club they affirm that these issues are always carried with the utmost discretion but at the same time they assure that they will be treated like any other member of the squad.
However, Nor would it be strange for Barcelona to turn a blind eye to the sanction as a gesture of goodwill towards the player after he confirmed that he is staying and that he will be part of the Koeman project.