What we know about Messi
#SecondRound
We already knew that Messi wants to leave Barça. That he sent a Burofax and that Bartomeu was not sincere with him. He also told us that this Barça is not up to the task and that it will be some time before he lifts titles again. Leo Messi was always very reserved about his personal life. Never an extra press conference, nor a random interview, nor a presumptuous photo. Locked in his bubble until August 2020, he activated his departure from Barcelona. He didn't go out the first time, but he's already preparing his second round.
#ElFollonero
Évole is capable of anything. Interviewing controversial types on the left such as Otegui or Maduro, the terrorist Rekarte or Puigdemont have made things easier for him with characters such as Pope Francisco, Florentino Pérez or Leo Messi. Public figures who are not given to airing their intimacies, however basic they may be. Maradona's successor in world football was the notch missing from Évole's shotgun. The interview was recorded weeks ago. La Sexta's campaign was very good and it seemed that everything was counted. Messi talks because he wants to leave and everything that is asked is more than agreed upon so as not to bother him or anyone around him.
#Surprise
Those of us who thought so were pleasantly surprised. It was not that we found Messi in a pure state or that he stripped for Évole. He hadn't eaten his tongue either. It was more like a surprise that he was saying between the lines. What the life of the best player of recent times is like. Of a sportsman who earns, from his club, 50 million euros clean a year. From the sporting reference point of Barcelona. From a father of three who claims to have a normal life of shooting boredom.
#PSaddict
In the talk we learned that Messi was a PlayStation addict until his third child was born. He stopped playing there until he has taken up FIFA again because his older son demands that he take the controller and do something similar to what he does on the grass. In the morning he has breakfast with his family, takes the children to school and goes to training. He eats at home with his wife and they go to pick up their little ones to take them to other activities. Then they drink mate in the mid-afternoon and have dinner as a family. All that when the trips allow it.
#Super
Messi likes to go to the supermarket. He liked it. Too many people, too much love. The Argentinean bit his tongue and did not want to say that there are very heavy followers when they find out it is him. He confessed that he would like to be less known. To go more unnoticed at certain moments of his life. What he does not know is that the day after he leaves football we will start to forget about him. It happens to everyone.
#Guardiola
Talk to Guardiola from time to time. About football and how things are going. But Pep is not the only one who has marked his career. Luis Enrique has brought him even more. He learned more about football and how his small changes improved the team. Then we remember the resounding controversy when he was a substitute in San Sebastian, Barça lost and, as they say, there was more than just words between Messi and Luis Enrique. What happened improved the team and they ended up lifting the last Champions culé.
#Barto
Bartomeu is a liar to Messi. He has deceived him many times in recent years. Messi said that he did not want to go into details because he is very grateful to the club and does not want to tarnish his years of blues. But with the ex-president he did not cut himself. He asked him to help him leave the club and found false hopes. And then the Burofax arrived that would send again, according to account.
#OnlyCries
Messi cries. He didn't want to tell the reasons. He said they were personal reasons. Then he diverted the answer to his bad moments at the end of August. It is surprising that he is almost sincere on this subject. Tears for something related to the coronavirus, for some loss, for Maradona's death, for the tax inspections, family problems... Messi is human. A very shy human who has never considered going to the psychologist. Évole was right to recommend that he put himself in the hands of a medicine that is a taboo in our society. He did not tell Messi.
#Bankruptcy
If anyone doesn't believe that Barça is bankrupt they listen to Messi himself say so. They have money to pay salaries with cuts, but the club does not have for much more. That influences sports projects. The Argentinean believes that with Koeman there is something like a road map. A reference for the club that has a style of play. It's time for young people, Messi said, confirming that it's time to take over.
#Politics
Nor did he want to talk about the Treasury. Of his trials. Of his "criminal organization" as the prosecutor called it. He recalled that everything had been resolved and that the treatment of the press in Madrid annoyed him. The usual. Point out the messenger. He's not a guy who talks politics. We are not asking him to be Figo on Twitter, but perhaps in Argentina they would have liked him to take part for some candidate. He said he preferred to be on the sidelines because if he says something he risks being pigeonholed. Smart guy because Argentines have not yet learned to elect representatives. By the way, he does not choose one or another candidate for the presidency of Barça either. Rather it is the candidates who have to decide what to do with the Argentine when they reach the presidential seat.
#Death
Évole asked him about death. For Messi's. With the same calm that makes a Vaseline to the goalkeeper in the small area he commented that he was more concerned about how his own would look than about his own death. Curious reflection.
#Future
The time has come to learn something about their future. Nothing new. He will decide when the season is over. It will be his turn to be quicker and not to miss the deadlines. On January 24th a new era begins at Barça and everything can change. The United States seduces him. There he has a subsidiary, City, the team that Guardiola coaches. But he would also like to become a sports manager and sign players.
#Newells
Ah, the Newells shirt that he wore as a tribute to Maradona was given to him by the directors of that club and belonged to the deceased genius. He could have explained why he did not give an interview to talk about Maradona days after he died. It will always remain in his debt as his successor.
#Thebes
The rest of the answers were in the script. Griezmann, Luis Suárez, 2020, playing without an audience... His comment on the exploitation that football subjects players to would hurt Thebes but, for the moment, he has not responded. He prefers to remain silent and continue to give thanks that the best player in the world is still in Spain.
It is surprising that after 30 years in Barcelona he still has his Rosario accent intact. He even passed it on to Évole during almost 60 minutes of the interview. What we now know about Messi is much more than we thought we knew.