For so many years he has been invincible on the pitch, but Lionel Messi showed his vulnerability in the Spanish television interview on Sunday night.
In an hour of searching for answers to such extensive questions as “do you know how much a replica t-shirt costs in the club store?” in “Do you think a lot about death and your own funeral?” he exposed his soul and met someone who:
– He really hates being represented as the little dictator of the club who chooses and chooses who arrives and who leaves.
– He really doesn’t know what the future holds for him beyond next June, when his contract expires.
– And who has often been so overwhelmed by the enormity of his circumstances that his wife has often asked him to seek advice to help alleviate the psychological burden.
Barcelona star Lionel Messi showed his vulnerability during his interview with La Sexta
It is clear that Messi hates being portrayed as the little dictator in Barcelona who has a lot of power
Messi’s wife, Antonella Roccuzzo, has asked him to consult on many occasions
Messi acknowledged that the advice would be beneficial for him, but has not yet gone
“I should have gone, but I never went,” she said of her reaction to Antonella Roccuzzo’s request.
‘It’s hard for me to take that step even though I know it’s something I need. They have insisted many times that this is what I need. I’m someone who keeps it all up and doesn’t share things. I know I need it. I know it would be good for me, but I didn’t. “
The honesty of Messi’s response was applauded on social media.
“It’s very healthy for Messi to openly acknowledge that it would be good for him to go to a psychologist,” tweeted Spanish broadcaster Anna Punsi. “You think too much about mental health.”
The Argentine does not seem to know what the future holds for him beyond next June
Jordi Evole, who conducted the interview, posted the clip on social media and tweeted: “This statement made by someone like Leo Messi seems very brave to me. And it shows someone who is extremely normal.
And it was normal for Messi to be there for most of the one-hour broadcast: he actually got the price of this replica in the club store and surprised Evole by saying yes he had been to his local supermarket . a couple of times and wished I could do it more regularly without causing a commotion.
So what will he do in June when it comes time to choose whether to stay in Barcelona or move to another league? The feeling of not yet knowing himself was genuine.
Messi says he would like to play someday in the United States and added that he is in contact with Luis Suarez
He revealed that he wants to play in the United States one day and in another part of the interview he admitted to having talked to his old friend Luis Suarez every day since Suárez left Barcelona to join Atlético de Madrid.
You can imagine the couple could have argued about taking their families to the state to try out life in the US and play their days in MLS. But he didn’t seem to be talking in 2021 when he talked about his desire to go to America. It seemed like a long-term plan to me.
He said he had not spoken to any of the presidential candidates and was even offended by interviewer Evole when he heard he doubted the honesty of his response. Of course, just because Messi has not spoken to the candidates does not mean that his father Jorge has not been in contact. Joan Laporta is an old friend, so as Evole pointed out, it would be strange if there was no contact.
Messi also admitted that he spoke with Pep Guardiola, although he did not join City at the end of the season. Again nothing seemed to be hiding. Messi really doesn’t know.
Showing a greater understanding of the reality that some of those who have been, or want to be, the people in charge of the club, laughed at the suggestion that Neymar could return pointing out that Barcelona probably did not have the money for this operation.
Messi lamented the assertion of the interim president Carles Tusquets that Barcelona would have been better off economically by selling him
“I know the club is very bad,” he said, also lamenting the recent statement by interim president Carlos Tusquets that, in financial terms, it would have been better to sell Messi in the summer. He found the comments unnecessary and not to become someone whose purpose is really just to keep a firm hand on the helm until a new president is voted on Jan. 24.
Messi’s biggest concern seemed to be ruining his legacy in Barcelona. He was upset to point out that if he left he shouldn’t “stain” everything he had achieved at the club.
Messi’s answers showed a human fragility that belies the ubiquity he shows on the pitch
He also said he wanted to come back and said he was drawn to the idea of being a football director: “Then I will be able to decide who comes and goes,” he told Evole. expenses of the dictator.
No question baffled him, not even that of death or his political allegiances (he doesn’t think about it / just emits his vision in his private circle of friends, but wants everything to be less partisan) and each answer showed a human fragility that belies the indestructible ubiquity that is so often shown on the playing field.
This explains why his wife thinks a little advice would help him. It was admirable, as interviewer Evole said, to admit that Ms Messi was probably right about it.