It’s clear that the Barcelona fans are going to be angry at somebody if Lionel Messi actually leaves the club, but it looks the board could be getting the blame at this point.
Reports have emerged to suggest that the board were having an emergency meeting after Messi formally told them that he plans to leave the club:
Reunión de urgencia de parte de la Junta directiva del Barcelona con un ambiente muy complicado en estos momentos.
— Alfredo Martínez (@Alfremartinezz) August 25, 2020
You have to think he wouldn’t be looking to leave if everything was going well, so this is likely the result of years of awful recruitment and allowing the club to sleepwalk into a situation where they have a veteran squad and no money to replace them.
The fans are even starting to congregate in the city to protest the situation, and it sounds like the board could be inside the building:
? ? Cada vez más aficionados en los alrededores de las oficinas del Barça
? Muchos medios de comunicación y despliegue de la Guardia Urbana
??El club no confirma que haya Junta en su interior pero hay varios vehículos aparcados en la puerta@deportescope @partidazocope pic.twitter.com/JKla9ZJj9A
— Víctor Navarro (@victor_nahe) August 25, 2020
It’s hard to see a situation where this magically sorts itself out, so it’s likely the case that Messi will go or the board will need to go.
Your forever in our heart messi,,,it’s hard to lose someone like you,,just wish if you can play more two years under our new manager believe things gonna turn around..
LET THE PLAYERS PUT MORE SERIOUSNESS LET THEM PLAY AS IF THEY’RE BEEN PAID,THANKS.
I’ll highly appreciate if Bartomeu can be resigning as soon as possible earlier than Messi instead, Messi remains our Barcelona Blood
I love messi.how wish he could have patients for short time.
MESSI PLEASE GIVE US 2CL BEFORE LETTING YOU GO..MESSI PLS DONT LET THE HADERS DECIEVE U..U ARE (God) GIFTS TO..FOOTBALL CLUB BARCELONA..FCB..FOLLOW CHRIST AND BE BLESS%$
Pls.. Let messi play one more year, den you can now go. Please will all love you to stay for one more year.. (GOAT FOREVER)