This FC Barcelona legend shocked everybody saying that Lionel Messi's departure could be good

Lionel Messi will probably leave FC Barcelona. Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City are his most likely options, and despite many candidates to the club's next election promised to do everything as possible to make him stay, it is an open secret that Lio has already took the decision to leave next summer.

Nobody wants to, but a legend of the club is already imagining the future of the club without him and he even told that his departure might be a blessing in disguise. That is Rivaldo, loved in the five years he wore the FC Barcelona shirt while being one of the best players in the world at that time.

Rivaldo's argument is that an attack without Messi would mean that Ousmane Dembele would finally take the lead and establish himself as a world star definitely, as he told Betfair. The French was bought as a replacement for Neymar, but he never performed consistently in these years.

So according to the Brazilian, the crisis in FC Barcelona attacking line started when Neymar left, and would be solved when Lionel Messi does the same. The club has spent over 400 million in reinforcements for that line, but the most reliable ones are the youngsters Ansu Fati and Pedri.