Tribuna/News/'We won't tell Messi who we'll want to sell': Koeman's embarrassing talk with Bartomeu revealed
"Messi is the only one. I've told Ramon [Planes, Barca's former sporting director] this morning that we'll speak to him tomorrow if possible. I don't know where he is," Ronald Koeman told Josep Maria Bartomeu at a private meeting in a restaurant in August 2020
"He's somewhere close," Bartomeu replied.
"You and me, we have to talk to him," Koeman added.
"Okay," the former Barca president said.
Koeman: "We want him to stay."
Bartomeu: "Exactly."
Koeman: "I want him to stay. I want him to keep being the best in the world. But he also has to know we're making changes to the team [Koeman hints at the future Luis Suarez exit]. We won't mention any names. We're just making changes. We'll give a chance to younger players. If he [Messi] wants to follow along... If not, with all due respect, he has to say yes or no. If not it's...
