The star striker played 778 matches for Barcelona and scored 672 goals (Photo: File)
The brother of Lionel Messi, who won the World Cup for Argentina, has apologized to Spanish football club Barcelona for his statement.
He shared the video on social networking site Instagram in which he said, “I apologize to Barcelona Football Club and the fans for my statement. I was just joking with my son and friends. How can I talk about such a club?” I can talk about what brought my family and Lionel Messi to this point.
According to ESPN reports, Lionel Messi distanced himself from his brother’s remarks, saying that it was Matias’s personal opinion.
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There have been speculations since last month that Messi could join the Barcelona club again, while his brother Matias has declared Messi’s return to the club as impossible.
He said that Messi was forced to leave the Barcelona club. Spanish football club president Laporta said in a statement that “he has no regrets about Messi leaving because the club always comes first.”
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Matias Messi said that people should have protested when Lionel was leaving the club but we saw nothing like that, Messi joined Barcelona as a teenager and during that time he scored 672 goals in 778 matches. Which is a record. In addition, he played an important role in winning 4 Champions League and 11 La Liga titles and was named the best footballer in the world while at the same club.
On the other hand, sources say that Messi will stay with the Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) club for some time.
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