“Dani, don’t go, where are you going to be better than here? ”…
The 2015-16 season was running, and Dani Alves, one of the best partners Lionel Messi has had in his career, was packing his bags to leave FC Barcelona.
The Brazilian had learned that the club did not intend renovate and they wanted him do, So he anticipated the play and was given the luxury of choosing in which set of elite he would continue his career.
Before his departure took place, for a training, Messi asked him to reconsider under the argument that, wherever he was, he would not be better than Barça.
Dani Alves explained all this years later in an interview, and admitted that he had regretted not attending to the advice of the partner with whom he raised 23 titles and to what he delivered 43 assists, Since although it continued demonstrating his quality and winning trophies in Italy with Juventus, and in France with PSG, nothing has been the same since he stopped defending the Barça shirt.
Five years after this anecdote, Messi has the most important decision of his career at the end of this campaign: is going to O stays in Barcelona, there is no leaf vault.
According to the newspaper Sport in a news release last week, Manchester City, one of the main interested in signing Leo, already give up, As he will give priority to hiring a center forward due to the departure of Sergio Kun Agüero.
In case this journalistic version is certain, The only alternative for the Argentine if he decides to leave the team of his loves, is Paris Saint-Germain.
And this is where the big question mark: It’s really worth leaving Barcelona to play in a minor league like Ligue 1, under the argument that PSG is designed to fight the Champions League year by year?
True, the city falls in love by itself and the simple idea of reuniting with Neymar of course that seduce; but is this more than Barcelona?
The answer will only be Leo and his family in a matter of weeks.
On the other hand, at home, Barça, Joan Laporta will do the impossible to convince him to stay, and in the understanding that the issue is not just about money, The club will try to present a project ambitious who will seek to resume the prominence, Although this, it must be said, will not happen overnight.
For the rest of the season, the Copa del Rey shines as a goal within reach, and today more than ever Barça is alive in the League and with arguments to win it, despite the fact that Atlètic is still the leader. of Madrid and Real, have the same goal.
So, a few months ago I untied one scandal large with the famous burofax, which meant that Messi’s decision was made and he would leave as soon as he was free this summer, which has taken a turn.
Today, Leo’s alternatives seem to be only two: renewing his contract with Barça or going free to PSG.
To paraphrase Messi himself: “Leo, Don’t go, where are you going to be better than in Barcelona? ”…