Breaking News: Lionel Messi announces he is staying at FC Barcelona
Breaking: Lionel Messi has announced he is staying at Barcelona in an interview with Goal.
Despite wanting to leave the Camp Nou, he didn't want to take the club to court so he decided to stay. pic.twitter.com/hvOszvfkHk
- SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) September 4, 2020
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Lionel Messi says he will remain at Barcelona, despite wanting to go "all year" https://t.co/cgLFJqij9a
- CNN Football (@CNNFC) September 4, 2020
Lionel Messi says he will "continue" at Barcelona, despite wanting to go "all year
The player's decision comes just over a week after he sent a letter to the club informing it that he wanted to leave.
"I'll continue at Barcelona and my attitude won't change, no matter how much I have wanted to go," Messi told.
"It was a very difficult year, I suffered a lot in training, in games and in the dressing room," he added in the Goal.com video.
"The president always said that at the end of the season I could decide if I wanted to go or if I wanted to stay and in the end he did not end up keeping his word."
He continued: "I did feel hurt by things that I heard from people, from journalists, from people questioning my commitment to Barcelona and saying things that I think I didn't deserve. It also helped me to see the truth in people.
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Noo, i wanted more drama and mess
Lionel Messi’s transfer saga summed up: pic.twitter.com/VIusA5C1sG
- Footy Humour (@FootyHumour) September 4, 2020