Gaizka Mendieta hopes that Leo Messi will end his career with the Barcelona jersey.<\/p>\n
The 33-year-old, Lionel Messi, the winner of six “Golden Balls”, asked to leave Barcelona last summer.<\/p>\n
The Argentine felt that his cycle with Barca was over, and was aiming for a new adventure, perhaps in the Premier League with Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City.<\/p>\n
There have been those who have always been skeptical about Messi’s success outside Barcelona, ??but this would not have bothered him at all were Barcelona, ??Gaizka Mendieta, according to whom, Leo would have shined in other leagues.<\/p>\n
“Whatever happened is already a thing of the past.” he said.<\/p>\n
“We can talk about details, but Leo has always been a professional. It has shown this for many years.”<\/p>\n
“Whatever happens, whether he leaves at the end of the season or not, the fact that he is here and has stayed, he will give his best.”<\/p>\n
“The most important thing is that he is here, he is a professional and he will give everything on the field.”<\/p>\n
“Messi would have adapted everywhere. He has shown this many times. On the right, on the left, in midfield, as a striker, offensive midfielder, even as just a midfielder. So when a player reads and understands football like him, there would be no problem in any league or club he joins.”<\/p>\n
“But, on the other hand, it would be more romantic for a player like him to end his career where he started, in the same club.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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