They protested for a fair in Barcelona

"We love, stay Messi, stay Messi," this rigm was chanted by the crowd, which also demanded the departure of President Josep Maria Bartomeu.

The club said on Tuesday that Messi would like to switch teams citing a clause that would allow him to sign up for another club for free. However, according to Barca, the deadline to indicate its intention to do so expired in June. The Spanish and European football seasons usually end in May, but due to the coronavirus epidemic, the former ended in July and the latter in August.

Barcelona has not won a single trophy for the first time since the 2007/2008 season, with Catalan fans talking about one of the deepest crises in the club’s history. Barca finished second in the league, bidding farewell to the King’s Cup in the quarterfinals, and the deep blow came in the BL quarterfinals, which they lost 8-2 against Bayern Munich. Barcelona has not made it to the quarter-finals in the most prestigious European Cup series since its 2015 BL triumph, and the current ugly defeat has launched profound changes. In addition to the coach exchange, the club has already told Luis Suárez, Ivan Rakitic, Arturo Vidal and Samuel Umitti that they can leave.

Contributing to the discrepancy between the players and the management was the reduction in the former’s salaries citing the coronavirus epidemic, and press reports said Messi’s intention to leave was the appointment of Ronald Koeman as head coach.

(Source: Source: sportrajongo.hu, mti / Photo: pixabay)