Lionel Messi and the summer that changed his football career

La ‘Pulga has time against him, because he must find a team, one year before the World Cup and with almost all the payrolls of the international football moguls closed

Lionel messi talked with Sergio the ‘Kun’ Agüero to agree that this week they would meet at the Ciudad Deportiva del Barcelona. Everything changed in an instant, what seemed like a dream summer for the Albiceleste captain after winning the America Cup, ends in a shipwreck when not reaching a renewal agreement with the Catalan team.

Messi won the Copa América and broke the curse he had with the Albiceleste, finally added a championship with the representative of his country and the presence of Joan Laporta at Barcelona He predicted that the ‘Flea’ would shine once more with the Catalan team. He went on vacation and 81 days after his last game with Barca, they told him no longer.

Joan Laporta and Lionel Messi’s father, George, they presumed that they had an agreement since July 2021. ANDhe dream of winning the Copa América was the only thing that prolonged the contract renewal and, once it was fulfilled, the meeting in Barcelona was expected.

Messi and ‘Kun’ spoke a day before the announcement of Barcelona. They would be seen in the sports facilities of the Barcelona and they would start a new stage together, seeking to regain the league title and fight for the leading role in the Champions League. The problem is that the financial control of the Spanish League caused a change of plans.

The salary of Messi, regardless of whether the Argentine had accepted a discount, makes it impossible for the Barcelona to hire the current champion of the America Cup. Joan Laporta He knocked on all possible doors, but the lawyers for the Catalan team showed him that it was impossible.

In a summer Lionel messi fulfilled the dream of winning the America Cup with Argentina and lost the one he has declared as the love of his life, Barcelona. He has time against him, because he must find a team, one year before the World Cup and with almost all the payrolls of the international football magnates closed, a blow for everyone, for Barca, for the ‘Flea’, for football.