Ronald Koeman and Lionel Messi

AFTER THE BUREAUFAX EPISODE

Discovery in the Barça docuseries: Koeman claimed Messi

Published:28/12/2022 - 18:30h

Updated:28/12/2022 - 18:30h

Faced with the threat posed by Messi's possible goodbye to Barça in the summer of 2020, Ronald Koeman was one of the first to raise his voice before the then president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, in favor of the permanence of the Argentine

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A year before the exit of Lionel Messi of the FC Barcelona given the impossibility to inscribe him in front of LaLiga for exceeding the mass salarial and not being able to fulfil with the 'fair play financial', the Argentinian star was near to abandon the Catalan entity after sending a burofax manifesting his reasons. However, the same did not fulfil with the terms established and in spite of the possibility to resort in front of other instances, the then captain finished desisting.

Although the cycle of Ronald Koeman in the bench of the Barça did not satisfy the expectations of the barcelonismo, the Dutch urged to the then president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, to retain to the forward in the staff. For then, the ancient Barcelona defender, that came to abandon the selection of the Low Countries, carried very little time headed by the staff after the goodbye of Quique Setién to the term of a disastrous season 2019/20.

Everything occurred during a conversation between the then jerarca blaugrana and the today again seleccionador of the 'Oranje'. The same is attracted by the cameras in the docuserie 'FC Barcelona: A nova was'. It is then when the míster communicates him to Bartomeu that it has to do all the necessary so that the Argentinian continue in the rows of the club: "we Have to do that Messi follow as it was", as later it would finish occurring after the measures of pressure by part of the technician and the rest of the players.

The goodbye of Messi would be unavoidable

Of this way, Lionel Messi could follow dressing the Barcelona T-shirt by a season more, the 2020/21, in which the culés finished heaving only the title of the Glass of Rey. Once finalised the course, the summer would happen to the history for being the one of the goodbye of the multiple winner of the Balloon of Gold to which went his house during so many seasons. Now with Laporta in the presidency, 'Leo' sacked of the City Condal.

Days afterwards would make public his signing by Paris Saint-Germain, team in which milita at present and with which has a valid agreement until the summer of 2023. In spite of that exists the possibility that the Argentinian can go back to the Barcelona team, the stage luce very little likely, since the French would be in advantage on the rest of the options of Messi to continue with his career, like the turn to the Barça or his incursion in the Major League Soccer with the Inter of Miami.

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