Lionel Messi's week at Barcelona has been dominated by how he was benched at the Anoeta and was not in attendance at the open-doors training session at the Miniestadi on Monday.
I wouldn't go that far.. I doubt Messi would dare go up to Puyol, look him in the eyes and say he's bigger than Barce. Having said that though, if there is a serious problem between Messi and Luis Enrique, the solution is pretty obvious.
I heard Neymar and Messi were given extra vacation days, whether they asked for it themselves I'm not sure, but if you start giving players special treatment, don't be surprised when they don't show up or are late to training.
Either way, not playing Messi and Neymar against Real Sociedad was incredibly stupid. Tata Martino was better imo, seems like we've gone from best to worst.
You know what they say no player is bigger than the club. But this is Messi, that old saying goes out the window...
I heard Neymar and Messi were given extra vacation days, whether they asked for it themselves I'm not sure, but if you start giving players special treatment, don't be surprised when they don't show up or are late to training.
Either way, not playing Messi and Neymar against Real Sociedad was incredibly stupid. Tata Martino was better imo, seems like we've gone from best to worst.
Messi is a player who wanted to "play in the middle" even when Barca had Ibrahimovic, we know how this ended
P.S it makes me wet to think of a Barcelona team, at thier peak, with Ibra.
Looking for serious in-depth info on Barcelona and Messi... through reading Marca - huge Madrid fan site...
Barca are still 2nd in the league, the press escalating stories as always