'Had a very bad time': Messi reveals Barça future – or is it?

"Had a very bad time"
Messi reveals Barça's future – or does he?

FC Barcelona fans can breathe a sigh of relief: Lionel Messi "is fine again". The summer was very bad for him, says the Argentine in an interview. Messi also commented on a possible Barça stay or exit. But the answer to the sensitive question is not yet revealed.

Despite the FC Barcelona crisis, soccer superstar Lionel Messi is positive about the future. "I'm fine. I feel like it and I am hopeful," said the 33-year-old Argentine in an interview with Spanish TV channel La Sexta, which will only be broadcast on Sunday evening. Interviewer Jordi Évole announced some quotes on Monday evening on the Catalan radio station RAC1.

Messi said: "I had a very bad time in the summer. Because of the end of the season, because of the many things that happened. At the beginning (the new season). But now I'm fine again. "

Does he stay or does he go?

He had to ask Messi 14 times whether he would stay at FC Barcelona after the contract expires in June 2021, said Évole. The answer of the six-time world footballer? The interviewer didn't want to reveal them (yet).

After the 8-2 defeat by Bayern in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, Messi tried to leave the club a year before his contract expired. This caused enormous frictional losses within the club, which was troubled by sport, finances and institutions, and President Josep Bartomeu resigned at the end of October. In the Primera División, Barça is struggling to get back to the football championship race. The club is currently only fifth – eight points behind leaders Atlético and Real Madrid.

The setting of the record by Brazilian football icon Pele on Saturday was little consolation for Messi. In stoppage time of the first half against Valencia CF, the six-time world footballer scored for the Catalans for the 643rd time and equaled Peles' best goal for a single club. It was the Argentine's 748th official game for Barça. The fans will probably find out on Sunday how many games will be added.

. (tagsToTranslate) Football (t) Lionel Messi (t) FC Barcelona (t) Primera Division (t) Real Madrid