They don't love Lionel Messi, they can't bear him any longer

They don't love Lionel Messi, they can't bear him any longer

Ivan San Antonio
| sport

It seems like a macabre joke, but it is not. The difference between renewing or signing Leo Messi, legally, is so huge that Barça is obliged to generate four times more income than the cost of the supposed incorporation of their No 10, who has been dressed in Blaugrana since he was thirteen. The absurdity here has nightmarish overtones, as if Tebas was a clumsy circus clown who, instead of drawing laughter, frightens children. And it is not the first time because, being then Alavés’ legal advisor and vice president of the LFP, he already tried in 2005 to stop Barça registering the kid who would later become the best footballer in history. Messi was a child who they wanted to take the ball away from then, and now.

Because that is the problem, the great obstacle that Barça and the footballer must jump over to continue walking together. Nothing is easy if you play for Barca and the 'senyera' appears on your club badge. Who can forget about cases like that of Di Stefano, who was forced to wear white to prevent him from forming a legendary team with Kubala at Barca. The machinery does not rest, it does not sleep, it does not need to be plugged in, to continue to undermine the patience of those who, at the Camp Nou, seek to free themselves from so much oppression. Leo Messi will wear the captain's armband and the shirt with the No 10 on his back when LaLiga starts against Real Sociedad, but first it will be necessary, once again, to dodge all the strategically placed mines aiming to blow up the best unwritten love story between a club and a footballer. They are fed up with Messi, his football tyranny and his quality. They do not love beauty, but power. And, despite everything, they will not spoil the end of the story.

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