Barcelona Players Struggled To Accept Messi’s Exit – Sergi Roberto

Barcelona midfielder, Sergi Roberto has come out to admit that nobody knows what really happened with Lionel Messi and the club. He recently revealed that the Argentine’s 2021 departure is still shocking till today, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, he and his teammates found it hard to accept Messi’s exit when it happened because everyone was expecting the World Cup winner to renew his contract.

Roberto added that Messi is the best player in the club’s history, and he is even the best footballer to ever exist.

His words, “Leo Messi’s departure shocked me a lot. Neither I nor my team-mates expected it. We thought he was going to renew. It’s been a few years now, but nobody knows what really happened in those days. I thought he was going to play here his whole career. Leo Messi is the best player in the club’s history, in football history… You expect to see him the next day in training, but suddenly he’s not there. It’s like the club was starting from scratch. He was part of all of the good years for the club. You never see him talk about how he’s the best, how important he is to others. He always looks out for the team’s best interests.”

On his Barca career, “With Xavi as the coach, I feel very comfortable. I have his confidence. At the end of the season, if the club is happy with me, I will continue. I’m talking to Barca. At the moment I’m not going to go to another team. Everything that is said about me going to Miami or Palmeiras… it’s all lies. It’s true that I would like to have experience in the MLS in the future, but it is not yet the time for it. At the moment I say that I want to stay at Barca. Maybe in a year, I will tell you that I want another experience in Europe or the United States but this will be in the future. I don’t think that will happen suddenly.”