Lionel Messi says he ‘only wanted to make FC Barcelona better and stronger’ after failed attempt to leave the club

The Argentine and the Barcelona board, particularly president Josep Bartomeu, turned embroiled in a bitter public dispute after Messi despatched a letter informing them of his need discover a new membership.

The 33-year-old admitted he had needed to go away “all yr” and claimed a clause in his contract meant he may accomplish that without cost, however in the long run the Argentine was pressured to remain as Barcelona disagreed and wasn’t keen to scale back its €700 million ($897 million) launch clause.

Messi mentioned his love for the membership meant he had no intention of disputing the membership’s choice in courtroom and dragging out a authorized dispute.

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“After so many disagreements, I want to convey an finish to all the pieces,” he told Spanish newspaper Sport. “All of us need to be united and assume that the most effective is but to return. I take accountability for my errors and in the event that they existed, it was solely to make FC Barcelona higher and stronger.

“Uniting ardour with pleasure and motivation would be the solely technique to obtain our goals, all the time united and rowing in the identical course.

“I needed to ship a message to all of the socios and followers that observe us. If at any second, any of them have been aggravated by one thing that I mentioned or did, let there be no doubts that something I did was all the time with the membership’s greatest pursuits in thoughts.”

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Messi was on the scoresheet in his first game back for Barcelona since asserting his need to go away, changing from the penalty spot in Barcelona’s 4-0 win over Villarreal on Sunday.

The match got here simply days after Messi had as soon as once more publicly criticized the Barcelona hierarchy, this time for its therapy of former striker Luis Suarez as he left the membership for Atletico Madrid.