Messigician
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" Dembele needs to step up"
~Messi
~Messi
" Dembele needs to step up"
~Messi
messi is a genius on the field that sees spaces no one is even thinking about, but he would make an horrible manager given his recent comments
A lot of interesting responses in the interview, particularly what he said about Griezmann - wasn't exactly a ringing endorsement. Perhaps nothing but a very lukewarm response to such a big signing
Other than his price tag, nothing about Dembele makes him a superstar.
As for why Leo backed Valverde publicly, it’s possible that
1) He thinks Valverde is a decent coach and that the players are the problem
2) He didn’t want to publicly undermine the manager
3) Barto asked him to and Leo agreed (maybe in exchange for Neymar)
It’s also possible that Messi likes Valverde because he’s a doormat and doesn’t care if it hurts the team’s chances but there are more innocent explanations.
"The coaching staff had nothing to do with the game we played"
Says Messi about the guy who fielded 2 midfielders who have zero press resistance with the other midfielder who now shows he needs technical players beside him to not expose his flaws.
Against the relentless pressing machine that is Liverpool Football Club under Klopp. Our inept midfield got smothered, we got smothered and humiliated yet again....
Not the coach's fault...
Messi's enabling persona is unbearable at times.
He may as well say: "I like Valverde and want him to continue here because he doesn't bench my mates, and we call the shots in the dressing room anyway".
I got exactly that.
When the journalist brought up the rumour that 'key players in the squad weren't keen on bringing Antoine to Barcelona' Messi was just coy and didn't even bother to deny it. He just brushed that under the carpet and vaguely said he hasn't trained with the squad much, so he's only had minimal time in the locker room to get to know anybody yet...
Boy did he make sure to say how much he wanted Neymar back for all sorts of reasons though.
Now I watched the whole thing, and it wasn't all that bad, Messi was just being diplomatic about Valverde really.