Lionel Messi wants to leave Barcelona THIS SUMMER following disastrous Champions League humbling by Bayern Munich
Lionel Messi has told Barcelona that he wants to leave THIS SUMMER following the club’s disastrous 8-2 drubbing at the hands of Bayern Munich, reports claim.
The 33-year-old was powerless to prevent the German champions from running riot in Portugal, as the Catalan club were dumped out of the Champions League quarter-finals in stunning fashion.
Messi is keen for a new club following Barcelona’s drubbing in the Champions League
The 8-2 loss was Barca’s heaviest European defeat in the club’s history, and serious questions are now being asked of the team and their manager Quique Setien, who was reportedly sacked just hours after the final whistle.
Messi, the six-time Ballon d’Or winner, was pictured heartbroken in the dressing room after the game, while centre-back Gerard Pique admitted that the team had ‘hit rock bottom’ and called for widespread ‘changes’ at Camp Nou, saying ‘nobody is safe’.
And according to Brazilian journalist Marcelo Bechler, the Argentina international wants to leave the club this summer.
The report suggests Messi is dissatisfied with the administration and lack of planning and has already communicated his desire to move to the club’s management.
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Manchester City, who were also knocked out of the Champions League this weekend following a 3-1 defeat to Lyon, have been linked with a move for Messi in the past.
Following the Bayern defeat, Manchester United icon Rio Ferdinand said the time is right for Messi to move on from the club that he has spent his entire career at.
Speaking on BT Sport on Friday night, he asked: “What is Messi thinking going home tonight?
“Does he want to spend his time left in that shirt, given the performances and the way the squad is looking at the moment in comparison to other teams around Europe?
“Has he got the time to sit there and wait?
“Football is a game that comes and goes very quickly in your life, so these next two years where he’s still going to have the power to influence games the way he does, is he going to want to be doing that but not competing for the big titles?”
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