<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">�� WORLD EXCLUSIVE ��<br><br>Lionel Messi will NOT be leaving Barcelona, we can confirm.<br><br>We sat down with the man himself to clear up a few things ��<br><br>Here's what he had to say: <a href="https://t.co/NfnhGpZpXc">pic.twitter.com/NfnhGpZpXc</a></p>— Goal (@goal) <a href="https://twitter.com/goal/status/1301913032185073664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Lionel Messi: "I wasn't happy and I wanted to leave. I have not been allowed this in any way and I will stay at the club so as not to get into a legal dispute. The management of the club led by Bartomeu is a disaster".
Beyond pathetic. Everyone knows he doesn't want to be here, but if he's going to stay for one more season at least pretend you still care about the club and want to have a great final season. Instead he is openly throwing a fit and claiming being held hostage.
Even this announcement of him saying he's going to stay is another power-move.
Messi to Goal: ?I told the club, especially the president, that I wanted to go.*I've been telling him all year.*I believed it was time to step aside.*I believed that the club needed more young people, new people and I thought my time in Barcelona was over. Everything comes to an End?