Whatching that video again, properly rather than rushed on the day it was all hoing on, i am totally convinced there is zero chance he leaves barcelona.
I do feel for him, and he has royally beem screwed over, but it seems done, and everything about him seems to have accepted it. I don't speak spanish, so the finesse is lost on me, but between the translation being in past tense, and his tone and body language, all i see is his explanation of how he really felt and what he thought, and where he is now that is over. He isn't saying i want to leave but cant, he is saying i wanted to leave, and won't. other than blasting the club as it is now, there is zero spite or fight there to hang any hopes on. For me.
I think people will look for hints or justification that there is, but i think that is more their own wishful hope than any real meaningful signs.
It is a damn shame, he really did want to leave of that i have no doubt. And i do believe the presumption he wanted to join us, and we wanted him.
But, he didnt want it enough to upset his life and relationship with the fans and name of Barcelona through a court case (however weak by bartomeu), or, we didn't want him enough to bring ourselves into that or have that hassle follow him . Or a combination of both. Either way, i dont see it as an invite for a bid, i dont see it as a challenge to the board or fans, just a good old fashioned clear the air and move on interview.
And i do not see why we Should be the ones to pay a huge fee that barca would persumably set, just so we both avoid the discomfort of their bluff and theat, that fight is either had by messi, or by both messi and us. And he wasn't up for it, whether we are or not is now immaterial.
So for me, it is well and truly over. Next year shmext shmear , so much can change by then, he may find 'happiness' again, we may move on, heck the world itself will be a slightly different place. This was it, and then it wasnt, on we move.
I do feel for him, and he has royally beem screwed over, but it seems done, and everything about him seems to have accepted it. I don't speak spanish, so the finesse is lost on me, but between the translation being in past tense, and his tone and body language, all i see is his explanation of how he really felt and what he thought, and where he is now that is over. He isn't saying i want to leave but cant, he is saying i wanted to leave, and won't. other than blasting the club as it is now, there is zero spite or fight there to hang any hopes on. For me.
I think people will look for hints or justification that there is, but i think that is more their own wishful hope than any real meaningful signs.
It is a damn shame, he really did want to leave of that i have no doubt. And i do believe the presumption he wanted to join us, and we wanted him.
But, he didnt want it enough to upset his life and relationship with the fans and name of Barcelona through a court case (however weak by bartomeu), or, we didn't want him enough to bring ourselves into that or have that hassle follow him . Or a combination of both. Either way, i dont see it as an invite for a bid, i dont see it as a challenge to the board or fans, just a good old fashioned clear the air and move on interview.
And i do not see why we Should be the ones to pay a huge fee that barca would persumably set, just so we both avoid the discomfort of their bluff and theat, that fight is either had by messi, or by both messi and us. And he wasn't up for it, whether we are or not is now immaterial.
So for me, it is well and truly over. Next year shmext shmear , so much can change by then, he may find 'happiness' again, we may move on, heck the world itself will be a slightly different place. This was it, and then it wasnt, on we move.