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The Spanish newspaper “El Pais” reported Tuesday that Lionel Messi was betrayed by his friend Gerard Pique and President Joan Laporta before announcing his departure from the club, and tried to seek treatment in Paris.
And the famous Spanish newspaper said: “Messi was living his life normally in Barcelona, in addition to the stability of his family, but all of a sudden collapsed in early August when club president Joan Laporta informed him that continuation was impossible. The Argentine star was exposed to emotional pain similar to the first time he had to leave. About his hometown of Rosario, Argentina, and his move to Barcelona in 2001.
Pique and Messi are from the 1987 generation that was in the “La Masia” academy, as they played with each other since the Argentine arrived in Barcelona, and then they joined the first team from 2008 to 2021.
“No habla. Se sienta en su sitio, se queda callado y mira todo”, dicen de Messi los compañeros del PSG que no le conocían. Esta noche, el astro argentino vuelve an enfrentarse al Real Madrid https://t.co/lOr822xy9T
— EL PAÍS (@el_pais) February 15, 2022
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And she added: “Messi felt betrayed within the club, he knew that his friend Gerard Pique advised Laporta not to renew the contract of the club legend, as he told him: (Without Leo it would be very easy to solve the issue of financial fair play), which shocked the No. He only accepted Paris’ offer to heal the emotional fracture caused by his friend and the president.”
Messi has not appeared at the expected level with Paris so far, and the newspaper explains this: He has entered a new challenge in his life, a dressing room he is not used to, and one of the players even said: Messi does not speak, he sits in his place and remains calm and looks at everything.
Barcelona ended its relationship with the greatest player in its history last August, as Laporta said that the salary ceiling of the Spanish League did not allow the continuation of the historical scorer, which called him to leave Barcelona after 20 years of joining the famous club “La Masia” academy.
Source: elpais.com
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