Lionel Messi was released to return for the umpteenth time to his relationship with Antoine Griezmann during the long interview granted to La Sexta on Sunday. The opportunity for a proper clarification …
Almost eighteen months have passed since the signing ofAntoine Griezmann at Barça and the situation has hardly changed for the tricolor world champion. The fault is obviously the sluggish results of the Catalan club since his arrival and individual performances most often disappointing. It is also the fault of his supposed complicated relationship with Lionel messi, the owner.
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Some ‘relatives’ had also set foot in the dish this fall to explain that if the Mâconnais was struggling in Catalonia, it was because of the six-fold Golden Ball, which does nothing to help him. Words that had not gone unnoticed in Spain and had forced the Frenchman to explain himself during a long interview on Spanish television. Sunday, it is also the turn of Lionel Messi to have engaged in this exercise in front of the cameras of Sexta. And the Argentinian obviously did not escape questions about his relationship with the former Madrid player. The opportunity for the native of Rosario to deny everything he says …
“The relationship is good, I’ve said it before, I’ve never had a problem with him. I never did everything that was said, it is not true that I did not want his arrival. I don’t think it can be any clearer ”, he thus assailed. The two men are not the best friends in the world. However, they nonetheless share moments of complicity outside the field. “Sometimes we drink mate together in the changing rooms and during our travels”, added the Barcelona n ° 10 as proof of his good faith.
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