I have to say that I am a little bit disappointed of the way FC Barcelona has handled themselves with Lionel Messi and his intent of leaving the club at the end of the season.

I just got finished watching his interview and have to say Messi made a lot of valid points, and knowing Barcelona’s history treating players, it wouldn’t surprise me that every single thing he said is true. He mentioned that the early last year, club’s president gave him his word that he was free to go at the end of the season, and that now in the end, he went back on his word.

What is even more disappointing is all the people who have expressed negative opinions on Messi’s position, to the point of even demanding him to stay on the club even in the bad times Barcelona is going through. Messi has played in Barcelona for all his life and during this time, he has had both victories and defeats. The current situation Barcelona is in, is due to poor leadership from the directors of the club, including signing players who were evidently not going to have any positive contribution to the team, as well as letting other who contributed positively go.

So now, thanks to a legal technicality in an unforeseen force majeure event, Messi is stuck in a club he does not want to be part of anymore. With that in mind, will Barcelona win any trophies this season? I doubt it. So why not let him go and rebuild a brand new and fresh team.

HR