Messi cries and reveals why he is leaving Barcelona: is he going to play at PSG?
Messi's departure from Barcelona left Barcelona fans speechless and his imminent arrival at PSG keeps the soccer world on the edge of its seat.
Lionel Messi said goodbye to Barcelona, in a historic press conference at the club where he played his entire career, with which he won everything, he assured that he did "everything to stay". Between tears and applause he acknowledged that he had contacts from different clubs and did not rule out PSG, where it is taken for granted that the best player in the world will be part of the Parisian club.
"In the last few days I was thinking, thinking about what I could say and the truth is that nothing came out, I was blocked as I am now. It is very difficult for me after so many years, after making my whole life here. I was not prepared," Leo said. "Last year, with all the mess of the burofax, I knew I was, I knew what to say, but not this year.
Lionel Messi had agreed to reduce his salary by half, he did not have a new offer from the club that desisted from hiring the Argentine as it could not afford the expense involved in having the best player in the world.
With the family we were convinced to continue here. We overcame our welfare, to ontinue in our home and continue our life in Barcelona, both in sports and in the daily life", he began the conference admitting that last year he had decided to leave the club, but not now.
Barcelona announced on Thursday that it could not renew Messi, as doing so would mean raising its player payment budget and exceeding the spending cap allowed by La Liga. The club said in its statement that there were "economic and structural obstacles",
While in the 2020-21 season it had a cap of almost US$600 million, for the next season it was only authorized to spend almost US$410 million.
