Bartomeu: "There is no problem with Messi"

Bartomeu: "There is no problem with Messi"

11/20/2014

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Josep Maria Bartomeu has assured that "there is no problem with Leo Messi" and that the Argentine has not asked for another renewal of his contract. The Barça president has made these declarations as a result of the player's comments that although he would like to finish his career at Barça "sometimes things don't turn out how you want them to."

Speaking on '8TV', Bartomeu confirmed that two days previously he had spoken with Jorge Messi, the player's father and from that conversation he understood that the problem might be found in the external pressure that the player has had to suffer. "He is the best in the world and he is happy here. He has to put up with a lot of pressure, a lot of it from the Tax Agency investigation. More is said about his vomiting than his records. They want to beat him off the pitch. On it, he is the number one", he said.

Although he assured that he could find "no problem" with Gerard Piqué apart from that he wasn't playing with the same continuity as before, Bartomeu admitted that the club had spoken with the player about a series of incidents not connected to sport that the player had been involved in, such as an argument with the local police about a parked car or using his mobile phone while sitting in the dugout during the Supercopa de Cataluña game. "He knows what we think. These things shouldn't happen. I hope that this is the end of it, because players should be focused on their job", he concluded.