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THE BALL – «It is a mistake to let Messi go, he represents more than a good player» (Barcelona)

A year after leaving Barcelona’s management, former president Josep Maria Bartomeu spoke out to refuse that his management of the club was harmful, criticizing the current management for having let Lionel Messi out. The former president gave interviews to two sports newspapers in Catalonia and the newspaper Sport said that Ronald Koeman is doing his best with what he has.

«Koeman lost Messi. I, as president, did not want him to leave and I did everything possible, every effort to prevent him from leaving. [Messi pediu para sair na temporada passada mas acabou por renovar]. It was good for him and for the club that he didn’t leave. This summer they let him out and that, yes, seems like a bad decision to me. To play without him, you have to change many things», he said.

The same tone in El Mundo Deportivo, recalling the famous burofax that Messi sent to the club, claiming that he could leave because the time he had to be free of contract had expired.

“In the summer of 2020 I fought not to leave, I knew it was essential for us, not only for being the best in the world, but also for the economic and institutional gains. It’s a mistake to let Messi go, he represents much more than a good player. He said he wanted to leave, that there was no project, he didn’t know where, I even told him that if he wanted to go to the US, China or Qatar we would even say goodbye to him, but he wanted Barcelona to be his last club in the Europe.”

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