Menotti: If Messi doesn't play, then tell him to go back to the Uae side to train every day

In an interview with Santa Fe Supersports, Argentina's famous coach Menotti, who is now the director of the national team, said: "The only thing I hope is that Messi can play, if he doesn't play, if he can't find a club, then go back to the Argentine Football Association, we train him every day." “

The explosive news of Messi's request to leave the team is still affecting football, and the media is very eager to know where the best players in the world can play. Besides, Messi is still your friend, someone you know

"I'm not a friend of Messi, we've talked a couple of times in the national team and the only thing I feel about that is accident and I really don't know how it happened and it's an unusual thing because Messi has a contract with Barca and Barca want to keep the best players in the world. And a very good coach has just taken office, And Koeman knows Barca well because he won the Champions League for Barca, and all this meant that Barca could reinvigorate themselves, stick to their ideas again and sustain them, but suddenly something like Messi can't be understood. “

If it were you, would you choose to trust the cooperation of coach Koeman and player Messi?

'Yes, I thought Koeman would find a tactical idea, he was in charge of the Dutch national team before, he was the one who played for Barca and won the first Champions League for the club.

What would Barca look like without Messi? How would you describe it?

"Barca's symphony will be more pleasant under Koeman' hands, the team will certainly be better, but now they lack the best violinist who makes the symphony better, no matter how well the other people in your symphony orchestra cooperate, whenever there is a symphony orchestra, you always need an accordion player like Troilo or a singer like El Polaco (Roberto Goyeneche), who makes people remember these orchestras. Barca should be able to play well after that, but no matter how well they play, what they lack is a player who can decide the outcome of the game on their own. ”

So according to you, is it the violinist who left the team who benefited more, or the orchestra that lost the backbone of the main bone?

"It's a different thing, obviously in this case, it's Messi who makes the choices and decisions, and the team will perceive a big impact later. If Messi made such a decision because he was not happy, then if you have a player of Messi's level but he is not happy, then you will lose him. In guardiola's era of coaching, when they had a very good squad, Enrique was the same, but in addition to Guardiola's era, it has always been Messi who has been saving Barca, it has always been Messi who has been dealing with the inefficient management of the top, the change of manager, barca's poor state, he is the only one who has been supporting the team. He was the fruit of desserts in the time of Guardiola, the icing on the cake..."

But then Messi not only had to be the icing on the cake, but he had to make the whole snack, right?

"It's like that, it can't be like that, it's hard to do."

So do you think clubs like Manchester City or Paris can make such a snack again?

"I don't know, Messi basically grew up in Barcelona, his children were born there, Barcelona is a very wonderful city, there is no particularly bad winter, just like Argentina, and this aspect should be a problem, leaving Barcelona and going to Manchester should be nothing for him personally, because the players are training and playing, but for the family... I don't know, I don't know if it works or not, to be honest I don't know at all. ”

You are now the director of the national team, so for the Argentine national team, which club will Messi play for in the future that the national team will approve of?

"All of us care about is that Messi can play football, and now there is trouble in this regard, people are talking about whether he can play or not, talking about FIFA involvement, talking about economic issues, but for me as a fan of the Argentine national team, all I care about is whether Messi can play football, anywhere, but to play. If he can't play football, if he doesn't find a club, then call him here, come to the Argentine Football Association, where we train him every day (laughs). ”

(Laughs) Of course, you have to stay in shape, and if you have the chance, what advice would you give Messi now? I mean on a competitive level

"It can't give advice, I have no idea, I think his decision to leave was definitely not sudden, he has lived in Barcelona for so many years, it is not simple to make such a decision, obviously something happened, it is not his idea that came up because of the economic aspect or other aspects, it is his sincere thought."

So since it is sincere, is it a wonderful result for Messi to return to the original Newell old boy, at least for us Argentines?

"My words will take him to Rosario Centre, but if he is back to Newell Old Boy we will forgive him and I will go to see all his games. But I don't think it's time for him to consider returning to Argentina. ”

Yes, and Argentine football is troublesome, we change every year

"Yeah, but I don't really know, I don't know what's going to happen. To be honest I don't know what's going on now. I can't understand at all that the president of a club would let a player like Messi leave, but well, maybe Messi is determined to leave. ”

What if Messi was going to look for Guardiola?

"Then for Guardiola, he needs Messi, although he has very good players, but who does not lack a player like Messi?"

What about Messi?

"I don't know because there are many other factors, Manchester is not Barcelona, it's a completely different world, I don't know, this kind of thing is known only to his family themselves. That's why only Messi can make a decision. ”

I guess if Messi and Guardiola get back together, you'll fly to England to watch them play, right?

"Yes, it's up to Messi to see if he's eager to go to England, Madrid, Munich or Rosario. One thing I don't understand is why Koeman didn't go to Messi's house to look for him, it's like if you just went to Ajax and Cruyff got angry and said he was leaving, and I would go to his house to find him. The only thing I care about is that Messi can play, and the faster he plays, the better, because I'm thinking about the Argentine national team. ”

(Editor: Yao Fan)