Lionel Messi ..... “I’d never imagined I’d be leaving Barcelona”

 

Tearful Lionel Messi bids farewell to Barcelona

Paris billed as likely destination for one of football’s greatest stars

Lionel Messi's time in Barcelona is more than just a six-time Ballon d'Or winner holding a farewell news conference this morning to talk about his exit from the camp where ours was our correspondent Gary Cottrell Gary, you've been to big-time news conferences around.

 the world has ever seen something like that I do not say that this Messi 'in Barcelona was an emotionally charged hour full of tears there were two ovations standing listening to the football life behind me he never looked relieved at a press conference, he is a player on stage opening tearful after being welcomed on stage as I even woke up applauded his thought train several times in those opening words.

 I think he just found it hard to put into words the feeling of the past four days but he got what he thought was that he didn't even want to leave Barcelona he wanted to end

His work here and beyond that, of course, there was something loosening that 11 months ago which was a big problem for the then President but since then he changed his mind and had a complete change of heart and loved the club. that it was like my blood was cold because it was really painful it is really hard so far we are still trying to process everything you know is still very wrong with everything.

It will be very bad but the important thing is that we are all right my dear family and that I continue to play football.

That's what I like to do more than anything in the world and now I am sure it will be difficult now but we need to move on I was very upset because I did not want to leave this club as my favorite club.

It is a moment I did not expect because as I said earlier lots and lots of ideas are talked about and a lot of money when we try to establish directly.

Why this should have happened would we have been clear after hearing from the man himself listen carefully I think?

You have to listen to those words and look at his body language to see if Lionel Messi is really upset with the change of these events than all sorts of speculation as he says and would not give a good art. of secret negotiations the wisdom of his relationship with journalist Joanne the newly elected president.

But he repeatedly said that he was doing his best to keep up the good work financially so that Barcelona could afford to pay him but frankly, they are in financial trouble right now.

They just can't afford Leno Messi to stay here even if he did what he promised to do and that's more than half of his salary he said there was no hard way he was kicking his heels at how much he wanted to be paid that he was trying to somehow get the way out of the club.

 This is Messi except that maybe one person very early in the morning put some paintings on the walls outside the main door of a new camp claiming that Messi's betrayer had written an ad in Catalan, which was painted very quickly by officials.

 Here we have been able to find pictures of it so that is a suggestion that there is no perfect consensus in supporting Lionel Messi among Barcelona fans but listen there is where you will not find anyone here.

He doesn't feel like he's done everything he can to stay very happy he climbed up when he got in his car to that press conference and then there was a huge cheer. when he left the game we were not heard because we were there

Walked into the press room or just outside of it but you could hear there is real support for Leno Messi here and you know he made it clear you want to stay president explained that the club is heavily indebted can make things worse It's complicated I need to focus on my future and think about my career as I said before and what I need I did it from now on we all thought he would go to Paris next time he confirmed no no he didn't confirm he dropped a few tips the latest by uh this news.

Representatives of uh leno Messi Paris who are finalizing this agreement are therefore welcome it looks like Leo will go to Paris to join the pots to join Neymar is a two-year deal on the money he was here before his contract expires in the summer about half a million a week he says he is in no hurry to make a decision.

But our understanding that that announcement will come sometime next week rejects the suggestion that he said he wanted to join a club that could compete with Barcelona and PSG would definitely do that that honestly, it is possible to reach those high places minute I have nothing guaranteed by anyone honestly while publishing media I have many many clubs are interested so far.

 I have not found anything closed but we are talking about a lot of things so lionel Messi who joined the club as a 13-year-old won 35 trophies those drivers who were shown at the press conference left by the back door of the press conference room had a few kisses in the sunlight gone.

His mask said goodbye and a few friends got into the car and left. Who would have thought it would be the end of Messi Messi?

Give him all the love they have shown him and he shows them that love back he was asked if he would come back one day and do that with the fans on stage he said really well the minute has passed well the season is over and really Gary thank you very much indeed.