BARCELONA – Lionel Messi broke the silence and, in a dialogue with La Sexta, talked about everything: Barcelona, its present, what it has experienced lately and, most importantly, its future.
The Argentine sent a message to Catalan fans forcefully: “I feel everything for the Barcelona shirt, this team is my life. I have been living here since I was thirteen, I have spent more time here than in my own country. “I learned everything here and the club I train as a player and a person. I always left everything for Barcelona and I have a love affair because that’s all I’ve lived since I’ve been here.”
Amid uncertainty about his future, Leo admitted he didn’t feel happy last summer. “I’m fine for now. It’s true that I had a very bad time in the summer and before that also because of how the season ended. Now I’m looking forward to fighting for the things we’re going to play, I’m excited but I know that the club is going through a difficult time at all levels.the institution is very bad financially and it will be difficult to get back to where it was before.it was a hard fall with Bayern for how it was lost and for the year we were having. We could lose but not that way. “
Messi said he would not regret the burofax episode, he even said he would do it again. “Burofax would send it back. I told the president for the last six months that I was leaving and he wanted me to go, to help me but he always told me no. So it was a way of saying ‘me I really want to go. ‘I knew this year was going to be a time of transition, of new people and I wanted to keep fighting for more titles, to fight for Champions and La Liga again. I felt it was time to leave. and I wanted to do it right. The president started leaking things to make me look bad. “
I also reject the way in which the Uruguayan Luis Suárez was removed. “It was crazy what they did to Luis for how everything was resolved, for how it went and why it went free and they gave it to a team that was going to fight for the same goals as us.”
Messi took time to talk about Maradona’s death. “When Diego died I was at my house and a message came to me from my father, I turned on the TV and I knew everything. It was crazy, I couldn’t believe it because, although we all knew Diego wasn’t well, no one was guessing what was going to happen.No one can believe that Maradona is dead and that he is no more.It was normal what the funeral was for what Diego was and what he did for Argentina, what he feels the Argentine for him. The truth that he deserved everything. “
“The Newell’s shirt I wore was given to me as a gift from the club and I kept it here. It seemed like it was time to use it. It came from matches without scoring goals, but that day I found out that I had to make a “.
Finally, the Argentine said he is unclear about his future. “I know there are people who want me to stay at the club as well as others who don’t want to after everything that happened. I’m going to do my best for the club and for me, that’s for sure. I’ll stay and live in Barcelona and, then when I retire, I want to get involved from somewhere in the club.I always wanted to have the experience of living in the U.S., then whether it happens or not, I don’t know.
“I tell the fan that I don’t know if I’m leaving or not, but if it’s my turn to leave I hope it’s the best way and come back one day to be able to work at the club and contribute so that the institution improves. Barcelona “It’s much bigger than any player, including me. I hope the president comes and does things right to win important things again.