Jose Elias, one of the main guarantors of Barcelona, gave an interview to the program Cassockwhere he analyzed the current moment of the Catalan club. Among the topics discussed, Lionel Messi’s departure did not escape shareholder analysis, which called it “inevitable.”
“Messi’s end at Barça was clear. It was necessary to create a new team, and with Messi in the squad it was impossible, he was no longer old enough to remain at Barça. To turn Barcelona into a winning team requires a post-Messi project. It was a decision that had to be made sooner or later, “guaranteed Jose Elias, suggesting that Messi’s grief with the club is also due to the fact that the player” realizes that he is at the end of his cycle. “
The Barcelona guarantor also said that Messi’s departure from Catalonia was not only due to financial reasons, as was supposed. Jose Elias suggested that “Barça had economic constraints and that there were three reasons why it could not continue.”
“At the payroll club, we had to face pay cuts that were difficult to defend. Then we had no money to pay him, and we tried to do it in installments, which is what they do in Paris. And besides, it was necessary to form a new team and a new reality in the club, ”he explained.
