Strong declarations by Ronald Koeman return to the doubt the permanence of Messi in Barcelona

The Barcelona coach, Ronald Koeman, gave his impressions about his first months in front of the Spanish team and affirmed that he sees the Argentine forward Lionel Messi focused and highly motivated, who a few days ago surpassed Pelé in the number of goals scored with the same team with 644. He also said that since January 2021, the forward will be able to negotiate his future with any other team, as allowed by the FIFA regulations, another important factor in the future of the Argentine will be the presidential elections of the FC Barcelona

Koeman declared in an interview with the club about the rotations within the team, about who is fit to start and who is not. Specifically, about the Argentine player, the coach Koeman said that Leo is older than before, but he is still a player who likes to be there a lot and above all to win games, he also commented that Messi is enjoying training a lot and is very focused on the team

Ronald Koeman specified that he not only talks about soccer with Messi, but he also talks about the rules of the dressing room, about the other teammates, as Messi is the captain and leader of the team. Regarding the team's objectives, the coach said that it has been an irregular season in the local league but in the UEFA Champions League, he only managed to qualify for the knockout stages.

In economic matters, there are complications in relation to issues of salaries with players because of how complicated the issue of Covid has been for all clubs. Finally, he pointed out that Barcelona continues to be a team that must win, everything and continue to aspire to the maximum. In the end, the technician Koeman explained why he left the Netherlands team to come to Barcelona, and said that the main cause was the coronavirus, if the pandemic had not occurred, he would not have been able to leave the team with four or five months before the Eurocup.