Lionel Messi had recently been involved in a big burst up with Barcelona over transfer issues as the clubs all time leading goal scorer and greatest player wants to leave the club.
Lionel Messi made his debut against fc Porto as a 75th minutes substitute and has gone up the ranks to be Barcelona's greatest player.Messi would go on to be Barcelona’s greatest ever player, having a pivotal role during the club’s most successful period in its history. However, this fairy tale now seems to almost be at its conclusion as the club that Argentine loves turns its back on him and tarnishes his legacy. What are the reasons for the captain wanting to break up such relationship?
One of the reasons for Messi wanting to leave the Barcelona is the sporting project. For three seasons in a row now, Barcelona has been dumped out of the champions league. Though winning La Liga twice in that time, there is no doubt that Messi has had to drag the team to these titles. Now 33, the Barça captain must be considering if he can continue to carry the weight of such a large club on his shoulders. Messi wants to be part of a winning project. He has given more than any club could ever have asked of him. Nonetheless, it is the club letting him down that is one of the problems.
The six-time Ballon d’Or winner has watched as president josep Maria has thrown over €1.2 billion at the team during his time in charge.with signings of Dembele, Continho and Griezmann not performing to expectations.
The £142m signing of Coutinho was a disaster, with the Brazilian sent on loan to Bayern Munich and looking certain to be sold this summer.
Dembele, also signing for over £100m, could be off after an injury-plagued stay at the Camp Nou.Semedo has been solid since arriving, but Paulinho, Deulofeu, Marlon and Mina all proved disastrous and have already been sold.
SIGNING proven world-class forward Griezmann was meant to solve everything and finally the Messi-Suarez tandem would have a third leg to push them to bigger and better things.
Still, only a fraction of these signings has added anything to the squad. Messi witnessed his great friend Dani Alves forced out the club. Legends such as Carles Puyol, Xavi Hernández and Andrés Iniesta departed and were never even close to being replaced. Bartomeu also failed to keep Messi’s close friend Neymar at the club and has shamefully dismissed Luis Suarez with little respect. 
The team’s performances have become worrying and Messi is left isolated more and more, being the only one contributing anything significant in attack. An ageing and mentally weak squad are not what the Barca legend deserves for the final years of his career. The sporting project has been a failure for the past three seasons, and it looks almost certain to continue.
Things got even worse in March. The Spanish government declared a state of emergencyand Barça were suddenly forced to reduce the salary of players and coaches, with the players taking a big cut,and once again Messi went public to clear up the players' stance and at the same time, take a pop at the board: "To our great surprise, from within the club, some have been trying to scrutinise us and pressurise us into doing something that we were always clear we would do "
After criticising Abidal, the board and Bartomeu, Messi also took aim at the coach. Setién disagreed with the Argentinean's view of how far the team could get playing as they were and Messi was quick to correct him: "Setién misunderstood what I said or it was explained to him poorly, but we cannot win the Champions League playing like we were before the break. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and all views deserve respect. Mine was based on the fact that I have been fortunate enough to play the Champions League every year".
Messi's last champions league humiliation at the hands of Bayern Munich at the quarter final at Portugal was the last the Argentine could take at camp nou after an 8 - 2 hammering by the German champions, and Messi immediately sent a fax to Barcelona stating he wanted to leave
Koemans comments on the transfer saga of Messi didn't go down well with the Argentine.("I don't know if I have to convince Messi. I don't know if it's a yes or a no; I want to know what he thinks, I hope he stays"); and his insistence in the need to change the way the team plays together with the way the club told Luis Suárez he was no longer needed all made it painfully clear to Messi that it was time to move.
Those in the player's close circle deny allegations of a conversation with Koeman in which the coach was reported to have told Messi that his privileges had finished and it was time to start thinking about the team. Whether that conversation took place or not, Messi felt angry enough to bring his career with Barça to an end by letting the club know byburofax. That phrase, "What I feel for this club goes beyond a piece of paper," now has a new significance
Those in the player's close circle deny allegations of a conversation with Koeman in which the coach was reported to have told Messi that his privileges had finished and it was time to start thinking about the team. Whether that conversation took place or not, Messi felt angry enough to bring his career with Barça to an end by letting the club know byburofax. That phrase, "What I feel for this club goes beyond a piece of paper," now has a new significance
Manchester United, Manchester City, Inter Milan are considering a bid to lure the Argentine to thier club.
But with the Argentine ready to either agree on a mutual agreement with Barcelona to leave the club he had played all his career and is it's greatest player in peace or would force a move in court in a verge to leave Barcelona.and will his legacy be protected at the club if he leaves by force
But the Argentine has decided to see out his contract
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