Posted by After interventions from family and friends which contributed to stoping our current world best, Lionel Messi from parting ways with the Blaugrana, Barcelona president, Josep Maria Bartomeu has declared he could not allow the Argentine to leave the club and suggested congratulations were in order following the star’s decision to stay put.
It is no longer news that Messi handed in a shock transfer request last month but Barca refused to allow the Argentine to leave for free with a contractual issues which lasted for a number of weeks. In an exclusive interview with Goal, Messi ultimately decided to stay at Camp Nou this season but did hit out at Bartomeu for breaking his work and not allowing him to leave as earlier agreed.
Source: Goal.com