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Mark van Bommel, Antwerp coach

DESPITE NOT HAVING CONTACT

A former Barça player surrenders to Messi after winning the World Cup

Published:20/12/2022 - 18:33h

Updated:20/12/2022 - 18:33h

Mark van Bommel has valued the great World Cup signed by Lionel Messi, who has just dedicated himself to the Argentine team. The Dutchman acknowledges that he was already facing an exceptional player during Leo's early days at Barça

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The triumph of the selection of Argentina in the Glass of the World has not left indifferent to several personalities of the balompié that have valued the new conquest of the 'Albiceleste' after a big bell in Qatar 2022, as well as the role of Lionel Messi, that finally has reached the Olimpo with the combined sudamericano that comes to embroider the third star in his T-shirt, a title that did not conquer from 36 years ago.

On this attainment has pronounced an ancient mate of the Argentinian star when it was a member of the rows of the FC Barcelona, Mark go Bommel, the ex international with the selection of the Low Countries and today trainer of the Antwerp Belgian has ensured that was in front of a big player after having it known in the staff that for then was directed by Frank Rijkaard, the míster that guided to the Barcelona team to win his second Champions in the season 2005/06.

In that time, sustained that it was in front of a player out of series, that already was beginning to shine in the start of a promising career after having formed in the quarry of the Barcelona team, where would remain until the summer of 2021, when it put end to his cycle like culé to leave to the rows of Paris Saint-Germain: "I Lived his first moments and already saw then that had an exceptional talent".

Now, already with Messi like champion of the world, the Dutch has manifested his good impressions by the World-wide made by the Argentinian team, that on the way threw to the selection that go Bommel defended during several years, reaching his best participation in 2010, when it finished being runner-up of the world with the 'Oranje': "Anyway, I enjoyed it. It was a beautiful final the one of the World-wide".

Without contact with Messi

When being consulted on how is his current relation with the Argentinian star, with the one who shared changing room in that course that closed with a doublet of League and Champions, sustained that for now they do not keep communication, all time that both have changed his telephone numbers in reiterated opportunities since: "I Have lost the contact with Leo. Both have changed of number of mobile several times".

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