Lionel Messi
Is Lionel Messi's departure from Barcelona not sealed after all? Experts suspect a trick to put the Spanish league under pressure.
It's over. Messi no longer signs a new contract with his heart club Barcelona. This is reported by FC Barcelona on Thursday evening – completely surprising for many. He came in 2000 when he was 13 years old. At 34, he leaves the club that he and the club that carried him to unimagined football spheres.
Within a very short time, the #Messi developed into the most searched term in social media. Over a million posts were posted in the first hour. FC Barcelona thanked them with a best-of-Messi video.
However: is the Messi exit really sealed? The Norwegian expert Jan Aage Fjortoft sees the farewell as a strategic move. “Barcelona are now pointing to La Liga and are pushing the blame on. Messi may stay anyway,” said the ex-Rapidler.
Former English footballer and expert Gary Lineker also sees this possibility. He shared a post that said: “I don't think Messi will leave Barca. The player and the club have reached an agreement but Spanish league rules mean there are obstacles. That is what they want to put pressure on La Liga exercise. ” Lineker wrote to the Post: “A lot could be true about that.”
The Danish journalist Bo Sondergaard sums up the plan, which is clear to him: “You put pressure on La Liga. The rules will be adjusted and he will sign.”
