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Messi was betrayed, the crazy revelation

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Hungry for sport, he grew up to the sound of Formula 1 engines and the exploits of Ronaldinho. Today, a graduate of a Master’s degree in sports journalism, he no longer misses an F1 Grand Prix or a PSG match, his two passions and specialties.

During the summer of 2021, the incredible happened. Lionel Messi was indeed forced to leave his club FC Barcelona, ​​​​and rebounded in stride at PSG. Ronald Koeman, then Barça coach, looks back on this departure and makes revelations.

In 2021, when he has just won the Copa America, his first major title with Argentina, Lionel Messi returns to Barcelona where he thinks he can extend his contract which ended a few weeks earlier. But then the unthinkable happens. Joan Laporta announces to him that the Barca is unable to sustain it economically. As a result, the Argentine star joins the PSG. And yet, Ronald Koemanwho was then on the bench blaugrana at the time, reveals that everything was ready for the extension of Lionel Messi.

“He didn’t deserve to leave like that”

It was a surprise. I was told in pre-season: “Tomorrow we have the meeting with Messi and his father, we sign and he stays”. The next day, Laporta called me to say: “I think it’s complicated”. And in the evening he left. Messi is Barcelona, ​​he did so much for the club that he didn’t deserve to leave like that “, confides the former coach of the Barca For Report before assuring that as a coach he had nothing to learn from Lionel Messi.

“He was happy at the end”

No, there is nothing, everything you want to teach a player, he has it. He was fantastic. He had a lot of respect for me and I had a lot of respect for him. I tried to help him and in my first year he was phenomenal, he scored 35 goals. Even if it was difficult at the beginning, he was happy at the end because he saw the young players improve, he was happy in training… The most important thing is to have a good relationship, to make it happy, explain things to him, put the team in place so he can be successful and get the most out of it », adds Ronald Koeman.

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