MARADONA TAKES ON THE SIDE OF MESSI
Maradona: "Messi took Barça to the top and they didn't treat him as he deserved"
Published:30/10/2020 - 16:57h
Updated:31/10/2020 - 21:18h
Diego Armando Maradona, Argentine and soccer legend, spoke in his last interview about Leo Messi. The 'Pelusa' sided with the '10' in his summer conflict with FC Barcelona and with Josep Maria Bartomeu
Diego Armando Maradona spoke on Leo Messi and the FC Barcelona in his interview for the newspaper 'Bugle'. The 'Lint' was with the known Argentinian newspaper to celebrate his 60 birthdays and pronounced on the controversy between his compatriot and the Barça of the past summer. Josep Maria Bartomeu, already ex president, denied to sell him and at the end the '10' had to finish remaining in the club by force.
The ex of the group barcelonista, of the Seville or of the Naples put of the side of Leo and criticised to the club by not to have him left to leave. "The Barcelona is not an easy club and are a lot of years those that he carries here and did not treat it as it deserved . It gave them everything, carried them to the highest and a day wanted to go out to change of air and said him that no", commented, trying leave in evidence to Bartomeu for having him closed the door.
Maradona And Messi, two opposite realities
The own Maradona explained his case, when a day decided to leave the Naples during his stage in Italy. The Argentinian explained that he was in the same situation that Messi, and equal that did he, finished remaining by fault of the president. "The thing is that hit a slam is not easy, there is agreement, a very big club, the people that wants you. I in the Napoli did not do it", recognised.
It does some days, the 'Lint' spoke more to the detail of this occasion in which it wanted to go of Saint Paolo and could not by the refusal of the president to leave him leave. "The Marseilles contacted me to bend me the wage. It was in the Napoli and said him to the president, Corrado Ferlaino, that left me go. He ensured me that, if we won the UEFA, would leave me leave me. The day that win it was to his dispatch and said him that it went me, but retreated and did not leave me leave me", explained.
On the other hand, changing entirely of subject, Maradona referred to his addiction to the drug and to how this prevented him arrive even more high in the world of the football. But in spite of this, the one of Lanús cleared that it feels appreciated by all the lived. I was and I am very happy. The football gave me all what have, more than what had imagined. And if it had not had this addiction would have been able to play much more. But today this is past, am well and what more wail is not having to my old", affirmed.
Maradona Spoke of the pandemia
Finally, it spoke of the pandemia of coronavirus, regretted by all what is suffering Argentina and wished that it can finish what before. "This is the worst that could happen us, never saw something equal. Ojalá Finish prompt and that my Argentinian can go out forward. There are people that is not it having a good time, a lot of people that remained without work, that costs him can have to eat. I want that all the Argentinians are well, have a beautiful country and trust that our President goes to be able to take us out of this moment", finalised.