Barcelona took the side of Abidal: Messi expected to leave in May

Barcelona coach Quique Setien came to the club just 24 days ago, but he was immediately asked by reporters if he regretted taking the lead in this club with so many problems.

After laughing a bit, he said “in no way. True, a month ago I was at my house and I had no problem. But these problems in Barcelona are blessed problems. ”

Nobody ever thought things would be so hard in Barcelona. Barcelona's top captain and best player were publicly shot by the club's sports director, Eric Abidal.

Club President Josep Maria Bartholomew spoke with Abidal and Mess during yesterday's day trying to calm them down. After a very long meeting, Guardian writes that the president had dealt with Abidal turning his back on Mess.

Barcelona has only had 16 players available for the Athletic Bilbaon match. Samuel Umtti himself must go to Bilbao é because he was on trial during the absence, accused of destroying his rented apartment. During the weekend, Ivan Rakitiq admitted he was unhappy with the way Barcelona had tried to force him out of the club. Arturo Vidal's agents have already launched court proceedings against Barcelona for a bonus said to be deserved by the player.

And then, if all this wasn't enough, Abidal gave an interview. In it, he said he was optimistic that Messy would sign a new agreement, but he also said other things that would cause chaos in Barcelona.

Abidal implied that Barcelona players had been unhappy “” with former coach Ernesto Valverden. He also said that they had not worked enough”. But to teach this accusation was unattended. Only 90 minutes later Mess became a beast with a public and non-ecuitive response.

Messi asked Abidal to take responsibility for his accuser act, telling him he was sulking the players and challenged the sports director to give names.

This raised the greatest fear: that Messy was leaving, there is Periscope.

Messy has a clause in his contract that allows him to leave at the end of this season and that for free. As Abidal admitted, all he has to do is communicate his decision to leave in May.

The 32-year-old has repeatedly repeated that he wants to complete his career with Barcelona, but he has also declared that he wants to compete, and in the last five years at this club, he has not done so.

In December, he also raised the possibility of retirement after receiving the Golden Ball. There is a general sense that his past years of career are being wasted by Barcelona, and even Mess is not immune to that feeling.