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I can honestly see Messi and Koeman fighting. I think Koeman won't have a problem benching Messi.

He's going to post on Twitter in a bit claiming he kept the best player in the world at the club.

They may not take the chance of waiting till January. A lot of teams will be in for him. Besides, he may change his mind in 4 months. If City really wants him, they'll put a bid in. No other owner/president would stand for what Messi just said. He's just called you out for your shit deals...

What this does is stops him leaving for free. If City really wants him, they have to put a bid in for him. I don't think this is over just yet.

We can't keep him happy if we can't compete on the pitch. The new board won't have any money to solve these problems. Besides, there are no guarantees the new board will even do a good job. And, he can just sign a pre-contract with a new team in January regardless. The new board can't stop that.

I don't know how he can say that and expect us to believe it. As soon as we get a few bad results here and there, he'll stop giving a shit. Bartomeu is such a piece of shit. He's taking a gamble that Messi will actually give a shit this year.... and I don't think he will. It's not a...

I don't get it. We're forcing him to stay just so Bartomeu can claim victory? You can't tell me he's going to be motivated or interested on the pitch next season. This is going to be a disaster.

If Messi said that.... then wow. lol Bartomeu will be out for blood.

His decision to stay is pretty obvious, but obviously he'll say that he's staying because he loves the club and fans.

You only have to laugh at this shitshow which is Barcelona under Bartomeu. His name will go down in legacy.... but not for the right reasons.

Never going to happen. There's more chance of us getting knocked out in the group stages if anything.

I'm pretty certain he's going to say the usual bullshit that he's happy to stay and that he'll fight to win for Barcelona till the very end. He'll still be 100% committed on the pitch no matter what. He'll probably say that he misread the contract and that he has no choice but to stay. The club...

He's going to be mad regardless. We have to send a message here. You can't do what you want and expect to keep getting the benefits you previously were. Koeman has to show Messi that he's the manager. He obviously wants to leave but can't because it'll end up in the court. A court which could...

I think he's done that to put pressure on the board. He's now going to speak publicly for the first time and state he has to stay because the board won't allow him to leave. I don't think this is the end of this just yet. We'll have to wait to hear what Messi says in a minute.

He should have captaincy stripped from him. He put in a transfer request and missed training for a week. It Koeman allows him to still be captain, then he's clearly got no balls at all.

Never said we should cancel his contract. Why do you keep stating I said that? Our board isn't even trying to have a peaceful exit. They're basically saying, "tough shit." They're not even trying to negotiate a peaceful exit. That's the problem. This is why we're in the shit we are. The board...

I said our worst season under Messi. Well, I meant to say that. Never said Messi was the victim.... I just don't think any player is bigger than the club. Maybe you do, but I certainly don't. He's going to leave eventually, I just rather it be now whilst we can still get good money for him. But...

He needs to grow some balls and actually go through with it. The Barcelona fans will understand. We know how much of a lying piece of shit Bartomeu is. As soon as he has one bad performance and he doesn't look interested out there, people will call for Messi's head (rightfully so). But this...

Regardless, we're keeping a guy who isn't happy at the club. Contract or not, he doesn't want to be here. We're basically saying he's bigger than the club, especially when we're happy to release Suarez, Vidal and Rakitic for basically nothing. And yet again, I'm not saying we should release...

It doesn't make any sense at this point. Why go through all the effort today to get the lawyers in the office for hours to make a letter and statement about him believing his exit clause still stands but only to agree 30 minutes later that he's staying? He might as well not put that statement...