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Lionel Messi, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo Nazario and more: 7 legends who left FC Barcelona in bad terms

The likely departure of the Argentinian adds him to a list of great players who had everything at FC Barcelona, but left by the back door for different reasons.

By Fredi Roman

The likely departure of the Argentinian adds him to a list of great players who had everything at FC Barcelona, but left by the back door for different reasons.
The likely departure of the Argentinian adds him to a list of great players who had everything at FC Barcelona, but left by the back door for different reasons.
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FC Barcelona is one of the biggest clubs of the world, there is no doubt of that. As a consequence, many world class players come and leave with the time. And how things turn out, many of them leave leaving someone else or themselves bitter for problems that caused the end of their contractual relationships.

That is because there is so much fame and money in the scene, that situation can easily get out of control, and that happens quite often. Counting Lionel Messi as gone, as reported by many sources, there is a list of players who were legends, but had to go somewhere else in bad terms with the club.

-Lionel Messi: He sent a burofax asking to be released one year before the actual end of his contract, in a fierce conflict with the president at the time, Josep Maria Bartomeu. The GOAT said there is no project and that board was destroying the club. They are not around anymore, but he is still not convinced.

-Luis Suarez: Another victim of Bartomeu. He wanted to get rid of the Uruguayan, third top scorer of all times for the club, and the first thing Ronald Koeman did after taking over was to kick him out in a phone call.

-Ronaldinho: At his peak, he was the best of the world. But he loved parties, and he often went drunk to train. Pep Guardiola took over and axed him because he did not want to deal with that. Dinho went to AC Milan and won Serie A then.

-Samuel Eto'o: Another one who had conflicts with Guardiola. After winning UEFA Champions League and with it, the treble, they had a fight and joined Inter to win the Champions League again.

-Zlatan Ibrahimovic: Joined in an exchange for the striker of Cameroon, failed and left for the same reason, a fight with Pep. He still scored like crazy and won many leagues after he left, but never fulfilled his dream of winning Champions League.

-Ronaldo: The Brazilian legend scored 47 goals in 49 matches at his first and only season at Barça. He openly admitted not trusting the board at that time, refused to extend his contract and went to Inter.

-Romario: He teared up Spanish League, but he was not comfortable at Barcelona anymore and asked to leave. After winning World Cup with Brazil, he came back three weeks later to train and forced his out to Flamengo.

The current problems at FC Barcelona

The club spent 222 million euro with Neymar's transfer to Paris Saint-Germain, but it was not well spent. The players bought with that money never lived up to the expectations and when the pandemic hit, the club lost big sources of income that destroyed the economy of the club. Now their are in a transition period hoping to be again what they were.


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