Full text of Messi's interview: Just want to play for Barca! Someone doesn't want me to go back, to Miami not for the money

In the early hours of Thursday morning, Messi was interviewed by "World Sport" and "Daily Sport", and talked about many hot topics while revealing that he will join Miami International, and the following is the full text of the interview.

Reporter: "Where are you going after knowing you won't be going back to Barca? Arab? Miami? ”

Messi: "I decided to go to Miami. I'm not 100% done yet, I'm missing something, but well, we decided to go there. ”

Reporter: Would you choose to let Busquets or Alba go with you?

Messi: "That's another thing they say, I'm going to Arabia with Busquets and Alba. We have arranged everything. Everyone is looking for their future. I obviously knew what they were going to do, knew what they were going to do, however, we never agreed to go anywhere together. I made my own decisions and I didn't know what they were going to do. I wanted to talk about everything in this interview, but I didn't do anything with anyone. ”

Reporter: Are you staying focused as you say?

Messi: "Yes, leave Europe. In fact, I received an offer from another European team, but I didn't even evaluate it, because in Europe my only thought was to go to Barça. After winning the World Cup and not being able to go back to Barcelona, it was time for me to go to Major League Soccer to enjoy football in a different way and enjoy more everyday life. I will have the same responsibility and desire to win and always put the best things out. And more calm. ”

"I miss Barça so much"

Reporter: How do you feel?

Messi: "It's still good. The season is over, and it's an atypical season for players who play in the World Cup in the middle of the season. It makes all the difference, but, well, now I'm already thinking about national team competitions and holidays. ”

Reporter: At the end of the season, you left Barca with a good season. How do you feel?

Messi, "Mixed feelings." In fact, as I said before, the first season was very, very difficult for various reasons, the first half of the season was very smooth, I felt comfortable at the club, in the city, with my family. In the middle is the World Cup, and I think the World Cup has a certain impact on all teams. It greatly affected the second half of the season and I hope to end it differently. It's been tough for two years, and for me, it's gone. ”

Let's talk about Barça too, do you miss Barça?

Messi: "Yes, obviously yes, I miss Barca a lot. I miss it even more when I first started, and the first year here was very difficult. As the season starts, as everything goes, it's clear that I'm following Barca, watching them play and I'm always eager to be there. ”

Reporter: "You've been following the game and you'll be happy when they win the league, right? ”

Messi: "Yes, obviously yes, I've been following Barca all season and I, like all Barca fans, want Barca to win the title. It was the same in the first season, I talked a lot with Harvey after a few games. ”

"I don't want to give my future to someone else"

Reporter: "When it comes to the possibility of returning, have you made any decisions?" ”

Messi: "Yes, that's the way it is. I really want to go back, very eager to go. But, on the other hand, after going through what I went through, I didn't want to go through the same situation again. Had to wait and see what would happen. I don't want to give my future to someone else, I want to make my own decisions, think about myself, think about my family. Although I heard that La Liga has accepted everything, there is still a lot missing. I've heard that they have to sell players or get players to take a pay cut, and in fact I don't want them to go through what they've been through and all that, I don't want to take on that responsibility or have anything to do with that. ”

"In my career at Barca, I've been blamed for a lot of things that aren't true and I'm a little tired. I don't want to go through this again. When I was leaving, they also said that La Liga accepted everything, but in the end it still couldn't be done. I was afraid that the same thing would happen again, and I had to be like that: come to Paris, stay in a hotel with my family for a long time, my children were going to school, but still stayed in a hotel. I want to make my own decisions and that's why I didn't come back to Barca. ”

Reporter: "It's against your heart." ”

Messi: "I would love to go back. I'm also in a moment where I hope to be a little distracted and think more about my family. Like I just said, for two years I did so badly on the family side that I didn't like it. I had a brilliant month, we won the World Cup, but then it was a difficult stage for me and I hope to rediscover my own fun and enjoy it with my family, my children. That's why I didn't come back to Barca. ”

Reporter: "Of these reasons, which one has the greatest impact on your decision-making." ”

Messi: "I made my own decision instead of being forced to wait and risk the same thing happening as two years ago. Like I said, after achieving everything I wanted and winning the World Cup, I also wanted to look for something else to calm myself a little bit inside. ”

Reporter: Your family has had an important influence in your decision, how did they accept it?

Messi: "In fact, my family is very, very excited about everything they hear, but we also don't have any illusions because the reality is that we still don't know what's going to happen. We never wanted to go there, it was very, very difficult, but the family supported me and it was a collective decision, not just mine. Now they have adapted to Paris, they have friends at school and it hurts them to be separated from all this, but they have grown up, especially Thiago, who knows the situation. He was happy with what was to come. ”

"Don't want to repeat everything two years ago"

Reporter: "In the club, basically you have the decision, Harvey even said that you have 99% decision-making, but at the same time there is something really missing, how do you think about it?" ”

Messi: "Well, I heard everything, heard what was coming, heard Xavi's words. La Liga agreed, but it is incorrect to say that I am deciding, because there is still a lot missing. I think there will be a long summer because I've already experienced it, so I don't want to go through it again. I'd rather make a decision to end it all, calm down and think about my future, and plan for what I know is possible. ”

Reporter: "Are you stressed by all the information from Barça and what is being talked about? ”

Messi: "No, no, because in fact a lot of things have come out, and I don't know where it came from, but a lot of things have been leaked, and there are journalists who say I'm going to other places, I'm going to Arabia, I'm going to Barça, and they take it for granted. The next day, they would say something else. There are a lot of these things, so I try to think about what I know, how I feel and deal with it all. ”

Reporter: "How did what happened in 2021 affect your decision, when you and your family came back from Ibiza to renew your contract, you suddenly found it impossible, they said to you that it was impossible to renew your contract with you and you had to look for other clubs? ”

Messi: "It's very tough, very tough, like I just explained, and one of the reasons is that I don't want to go through it again. I come here every year with the fantasy of starting over and training, where the kids have their own schools, have their friends, their daily activities, but when everything is ready to sign, it can't happen overnight. So, they told me it was impossible and I had to leave the club. We have to start moving, looking for the team, making hasty decisions, going through what we've been through, it's too hard. ”

"Someone doesn't want me to go back"

Reporter: "Let's talk about Laporta, talk about Harvey. Did they contact you, and did you have a conversation with them throughout the process? ”

Messi: "Actually, I talk very little with Laporta. In the past two years, we have talked at most once or twice. I did have a lot of communication with Xavi, especially since he came back to Barca, we talked a lot and we discussed the possibility of me going back. We are very excited. When everything came out, the first thing I did was ask him if he really wanted me to go back and if he thought it was good for the team. Well, we kept communicating. ”

Reporter: "How do you feel that your name will be shouted in the 10th minute of the game in the final months? ”

Messi: "It's wonderful, I love it. I left in a very strange way. I would love to say goodbye like Busquets, Alba, Xavi and Iniesta now. I really want to say goodbye to the fans, and even though there were no fans in the stadium at the time, I still want to say goodbye to everyone and enjoy the last day. That's why I was happy when I heard Camp Nou call out my name. I know they've always loved me, it's mutual. ”

Reporter: "In this process, to what extent economic problems influenced your decision, and some even said that you could have played for Barça for free. Is this true? ”

Messi: "For me, the economy has never been a problem or an obstacle. We didn't even talk about the contract, they had an offer, but it wasn't even a formal, written, signed offer, because there was nothing and we didn't know if it was feasible. We didn't even talk about pay, and if it was a matter of money, I would go to Arabia or somewhere else, and they gave me a lot of money. When I decided to go somewhere else, it wasn't for the money. ”

Reporter: "Do you think Barca did everything they could to sign you?" ”

Messi: "I don't know. Really, I don't know. I know what he talked to Xavi about and now that they've got La Liga approval, they can bring in. But, I tell you, much is missing. Today, the club has not been able to confirm 100% to me that I can go back and it is understandable to feel that this is happening. ”

Reporter: "Based on what is happening now and what happened two years ago, do you think there are people at the club who don't like you or that your presence is a problem for them? Someone doesn't want you to go back? ”

Messi: "I don't know. There will be people who don't want me to go back, or when I have to leave, don't want me to stay at Barca, just like a lot of people love me and want me to go back. There are definitely people on the board who don't want me to go back, or think it's bad for Barca if I go back. ”

Reporter: "Barca have been bringing in signings since you left, and shortly thereafter signed Ferran Torres for 55 million. How do you see all this and do you find it strange? ”

Messi: "Well, I don't know. In the beginning, leaving hurt me because of everything that happened at the time, and I was really angry at the time because I couldn't stay. After two years, I understood, I absorbed it, and I stopped thinking about it. If something happens, it's because at that moment, it's something that has to happen, and that's it. ”