Ex-Barcelona manager rips Lionel Messi, compares him to Michael Jordan

Barcelona star Lionel Messi is without doubt one of the biggest soccer gamers of all-time.

And in keeping with his former head coach, Quique Setien, Messi shares loads of the identical traits as Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan, which incorporates the desperation to win.

“It is true that there are gamers that aren’t simple to handle, amongst them, Leo,” Setien advised El Pais newspaper, as translated by ESPN. “It is troublesome when somebody is accustomed to successful.”

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Seven months into his run as supervisor of Barcelona, Setien was fired after the staff suffered a devastating 8-2 loss to Bayern Munich in a Champions League match again in August. Messi fired pictures on the staff following the loss, calling Barcelona “very weak”, and even threatened to go away the staff earlier than lastly deciding to return after Setien was let go.

“And when inside him, it generates an anxiousness when you do not obtain that (win), it harms you. The demand that exists as we speak in soccer is brutal, it has saturated him and others that must completely win.”

In August, Messi submitted a request to cancel his contract with the staff, however he withdrew it 10 days later as a result of he would have ended up preventing a authorized battle with Barcelona. To date this season, Messi has three targets and two assists in eight appearances for the staff in La Liga and Champions League competitors.

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“After my departure, one factor that’s clear to me is that at sure occasions I ought to have taken different selections however there’s one thing above you: the membership and the followers,” Setien stated. “They’re above a president, a participant, a coach. You owe the respect to them (followers) and you need to do what’s most handy for the membership.”

As for Messi, Setien stated that he’s quiet and solely exhibits what he needs others to see, however his must win will not be the one factor that makes him troublesome to handle.

“There’s one other side past simply the participant and it is harder to handle,” Setien added. “Rather more troublesome. It is one thing inherent in lots of athletes that may be seen within the Michael Jordan documentary (“The Final Dance”). You see issues you do not anticipate.”

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