Javier Tebas Advises Lionel Messi To Stay Put At Barcelona; Rules Out Kylian Mbappe, Erling Haaland Moves

Lionel Messi is “one of the best participant in historical past” and will keep at Barcelona, claims LaLiga president Javier Tebas, who laughed off the suggestion of Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland becoming a member of a Spanish membership. (More Football News)

On Sunday, Messi overtook Xavi because the participant with essentially the most appearances for Barca, six days after the 33-year-old scored a twentieth LaLiga participant for the thirteenth successive season – one other file.

The Argentina ahead has been concerned in additional objectives in 2021 than some other participant throughout Europe’s ‘high 5’ leagues, however he nonetheless has not tied his future to the Catalan membership, who he wished to depart in 2020.

Messi elected to remain and see out the final 12 months of his contract, however his future stays up within the air with Manchester Metropolis and Paris Saint-Germain .

Tebas has constantly urged Messi to stay in Spain however has additionally refuted the suggestion LaLiga would undergo markedly with out the Barca star, citing examples of Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo leaving for PSG and Juventus respectively.

He reiterated these feedback on Wednesday, suggesting Messi would injury his “model” by transferring to a different membership.

“If I had been Messi’s advisor I’d inform him, ‘Keep at Barca’,” Tebas advised reporters.

“I need Messi to remain. He’s one of the best participant in historical past. In case you are eager about his final years of soccer, he ought to proceed to be linked to the Barcelona model.

“He began at Barcelona and I feel he ought to proceed at Barca. If I used to be his advisor, I’d inform him he should do the whole lot potential to remain at Barca.”

Whereas Messi continues to interrupt information at Barca, his period of dominance in European soccer seems to be coming to an finish.

Mbappe and Haaland are the gamers seemingly destined to take the baton from Messi and Ronaldo, with the Borussia Dortmund and PSG stars already having been pitted in opposition to one another by media shops throughout the continent.

Mbappe, 22, hit his one hundredth Ligue 1 objective in a 4-2 win over Lyon on Sunday, whereas 20-year-old Haaland has been in sensational type since breaking by means of with Salzburg final season.

Between them, the duo have shared 41 objectives in all competitions this season (21 for Haaland, 20 for Mbappe), whereas they’ve each transformed 17 of the 27 “massive possibilities” they’ve been afforded at a price of 62.96 per cent.

Typically utilised in a large position for PSG, Mbappe has offered six assists and crafted 25 possibilities. Haaland has additionally proved his price from a artistic standpoint, teeing up 4 objectives and forging 19 alternatives for team-mates to attain.

Mbappe has typically been linked with a transfer to Barca or Actual Madrid however is in talks with PSG over a brand new deal, whereas Haaland is reportedly a precedence goal for Pep Guardiola’s Metropolis, and Tebas sees little probability of both participant transferring to LaLiga.

“How, with a magic trick?” Tebas quipped when requested of the probability of seeing Mbappe or Haaland enjoying in Spain.

“Barca have to maneuver out many gamers to convey a star, Madrid will not be in place to do it both. Aside from the golf equipment owned by nation states, everybody has monetary points.”