In a new development for the crisis of Lionel Messi with Barcelona sports director Eric Abidal, the latter hinted that extending the feat of the player’s contract with the club “will not be easy”, in a statement that worried the fans of the Spanish champions.
In the midst of crowded news that indicates the possibility of the Argentine football legend to leave “Camp Nou” next summer, after comments from Abidal, Messi’s former teammate in the Catalan team, the latter said when asked about the club’s efforts to keep the player that the administration hopes to stay.
But he continued in statements carried by the Spanish sports newspaper “AS” on Saturday: “Leo said that Barcelona represents everything for him and that he wants to stay here, but with conditions. We are talking about the best player in the world and renewing with his likes is not easy.”
Abidal appears to have strong support from the club’s management, in the face of Messi, 32, who is overwhelming popularity among the fans of the Catalan team.
Rumors that Messi signed for Manchester City, which began years ago, have reappeared recently, against the backdrop of negotiations to extend the contract of the Catalan club captain and the Argentine team that expires in June 2021.
The rumors intensified after the strained relationship between Messi and the former French international Abidal after the latter made statements about the circumstances of the dismissal of former coach Ernesto Valverde, bothering the best player in the world 6 times.
Abidal told the Catalan newspaper “Sport” on Tuesday that “many players were not satisfied” with Valverde, who was sacked in mid-January and replaced him Kiki Sittin. Messi responded via his account on “Instagram” and unusual, saying: “I think everyone He should be responsible for his duties and bear the responsibilities of his decisions. We are the first to bear the responsibility when we are not good. The managers must also bear their responsibilities. ”
Messi has a clause in his contract that allows him to leave Barcelona this summer, and according to some Spanish and English media, the open conflict with Abidal may accelerate the use of this clause by the “flea”.
She pointed out that in the event of Messi leaving the Catalan club, Manchester City, who had dreamed of including him for years, coached by Josep Guardiola, his former coach in Barcelona between 2008 and 2012, is the possible destination for the Argentine star.
