Will we see Messi again in the Blaugrana jersey? The Argentine is exempt from the last game of the season

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Lionel Messi during the match between Barça and Celta Vigo on May 16, 2021. – Joan Monfort / AP / SIPA

Will Lionel Messi end his Barça adventure with a defeat at Camp Nou against Celta Vigo? The Argentine, at the end of his contract on June 30 and who has still not announced anything about his future, missed Friday’s training “with the permission of the coach” Ronald Koeman, and will be exempted from the last match of the season in Eibar Saturday.

“This way the Argentine star can take a short break before the Copa America (13 June-10 July), after a season in which he was one of the team’s players to play the most minutes “, Explained the club in a press release on Friday.

Messi has not spoken publicly since his interview with the Spanish channel La Sexta on December 28. The Argentinian daily Olé announced that he would publish an interview with Messi on Saturday, in which the “Pulga”, who will be 34 years old on June 24, could say more about his future.

If the Argentinian does not extend, his last match under the colors of Blaugrana would then be the 2-1 defeat against Celta Vigo conceded last Sunday at Camp Nou for the 37th and penultimate day of La Liga, a setback that definitively ejected the Barça in the title race.

778 matches in the Blaugrana jersey …

Messi is one of the most used players by Ronald Koeman this season: he has played 47 games in total (35 in La Liga, 6 in the Champions League, 5 in the Copa del Rey and 1 in the Spanish Super Cup). With 30 goals scored in the league, he is almost guaranteed to finish “Pichichi” for the 8th time in his career.

This season, by bringing the number of games played in Barça’s jersey to 778, Messi has broken the club’s all-time record, until then held by his ex-teammate Xavi. The Argentinian also dethroned Pelé by becoming the player who scored the most goals with the same club (672).





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