Barcelona Presidential Candidate Reveals Plans To Reunite Messi And Guardiola

<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8niDACCLCzsR8jK4DFQl2YFq0BPbBNy8Q75AgtvIKLBIOjXGGjdv0mxDYPafT-KeEHuo945t54n2gRn00Q2ddblz2Om3r1iUJtH4cn0z91gmjYX_P_yagQYsQD7tUZKeyTKmuNYy5wif/s696/guardiola-n-messi-696x472-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="696" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8niDACCLCzsR8jK4DFQl2YFq0BPbBNy8Q75AgtvIKLBIOjXGGjdv0mxDYPafT-KeEHuo945t54n2gRn00Q2ddblz2Om3r1iUJtH4cn0z91gmjYX_P_yagQYsQD7tUZKeyTKmuNYy5wif/s320/guardiola-n-messi-696x472-2.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><h2 style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Barcelona presidential candidate Victor Font has added to the uncertainty over Pep Guardiola’s long-term future by outlining his plan to take the Man City boss back to Camp Nou.</span></h2><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Guardiola, who spent four years as Barca boss, leading them to two Champions League titles, is out of contract at the Etihad next summer.</span></p><div align="center" style="color: green; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="clear" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><div class="clear" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Spaniard, 49, is yet to commence any discussions with the club over an extension, but speaking in September admitted his desire to stay.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“I would love to stay longer here,” he said. “It is a place I love to be but I have to deserve.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“This club achieved standards in the last decade but we have to maintain that and I have to deserve it.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“I am going to see if I deserve it this season in terms of how the club goes forward and improves.”</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The suggestion from the club is that, if Guardiola wants to remain, then City chiefs will be delighted for him to sign a new deal.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Despite Guardiola’s statement last month, it is very much in his own hands.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">But now Font, the leading contender to replace Josep Maria Bartomeu following his resignation earlier this week – after months of criticism on Barcelona’s ailing finances and struggles on the pitch – believes that enticing Guardiola back to Catalunya is the ideal starting point as he bids to rebuild a club that has been allowed to stagnate on Bartomeu’s watch.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">And he also feels it will ensure Lionel Messi – whose contract with the Spanish club expires next summer – stays put.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">He told Sky Sports News: “Replacing the best generation the world of football has ever seen, which I believe we have had over the last decade, is a big challenge.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“Particularly at a time when competition is intense and many clubs are owned by very powerful owners.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“FC Barcelona also need a significant investment to rebuild the stadium and all in a world which has been hit with one of the worst crises ever.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“It is clear we need a very solid plan to meet these challenges and this is what we have been doing over the last few years.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“It is our intention to build a very strong and competitive project and we are very lucky at Barca that we inherited a style of play that Johan Cruyff instilled throughout the organisation.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“And most of the best professionals who know about this style are also fans and love the club – like Pep Guardiola, Xavi, Iniesta, Puyol.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“They are all legends that love Barcelona but do not work for Barca today – we need to bring them back to ensure we will have a very competitive project.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“The only thing Messi needs is to know he is part of a competitive project that aspires to win the next Champions League.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“We have no doubt that if we basically have the honour to take the helm of FC Barcelona we will be able to achieve that.”</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">There are big questions over the respective roles that Xavi – currently coaching in Qatar – and Puyol – working as an agent – would potentially fill.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">source:- fcnaija</span></p>

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Messi says He is fed up with Barcelona following Suarez departure

<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcvVbpjN0N7d4LYn8zXvp8Pw2HgkHh6WwD3i008E97JfuUfi6rkFM9BQE6xAQ9zvySoCNcMma8RO4tsiqNk5aob0tCSGlzLZaYb8nbG5mhDy2oAFReV30nKEVpknoyhhQGzBoM79OIPTo/s696/images-21-3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="696" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcvVbpjN0N7d4LYn8zXvp8Pw2HgkHh6WwD3i008E97JfuUfi6rkFM9BQE6xAQ9zvySoCNcMma8RO4tsiqNk5aob0tCSGlzLZaYb8nbG5mhDy2oAFReV30nKEVpknoyhhQGzBoM79OIPTo/s320/images-21-3.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></strong><p></p><p><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></strong></p><p><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Lionel Messi says Luis Suarez deserved a better send-off from Barcelona but that he is “no longer surprised” by the club’s behaviour.</strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.74; margin-bottom: 26px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Suarez</strong> has joined Atletico Madrid after being told he was not in new Barca boss Ronald Koeman’s plans.</p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.74; margin-bottom: 26px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Earlier this month, Messi said he would stay at Barca despite wanting to leave because he felt he had no option.</p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.74; margin-bottom: 26px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">In a post on Instagram, Messi paid tribute to Suarez, saying it will be “strange” to see him “with another shirt and much more to face you”.</p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.74; margin-bottom: 26px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">“You deserved a send-off matching who you are – one of the most important players in the club’s history, achieving important things both as a group and individually.</p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.74; margin-bottom: 26px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">“Not to get thrown out like you have been. But the truth is at this point nothing surprises me.”</p><div class="golde-advertisement_2" id="golde-1207405205" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><amp-ad data-ad-client="ca-pub-8063376950556629" data-ad-slot="4372241110" data-auto-format="rspv" data-full-width="" height="320" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="adsense" width="100vw"><div overflow="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div></amp-ad></div><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.74; margin-bottom: 26px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Uruguayan Suarez scored 198 goals in 283 games to become the third highest goalscorer in Barcelona’s history.</p>

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Records Messi Broke This Season

<center style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div class="mobile-menu"><span style="font-weight: 600;"></span><a href="https://www.naijaloaded.com.ng/mixtapes" style="color: #73990b; display: inline-block; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 1px; text-decoration-line: none; text-transform: uppercase;"><br /></a><a href="https://www.naijaloaded.com.ng/mixtapes" style="color: #73990b; display: inline-block; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 1px; text-decoration-line: none; text-transform: uppercase;"></a></div></center><center style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><p style="font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"></p><center><div data-google-query-id="CPDtv8vK4-oCFUYaGwodimICfw" id="div-gpt-ad-1583103323464-0" style="height: 100px; width: 320px;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/360613911/redmastrezzyhelm.com2020optimised_0__container__" style="border: 0pt none;"><iframe data-google-container-id="1" data-load-complete="true" frameborder="0" height="100" id="google_ads_iframe_/360613911/redmastrezzyhelm.com2020optimised_0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="google_ads_iframe_/360613911/redmastrezzyhelm.com2020optimised_0" scrolling="no" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" title="3rd party ad content" width="320"></iframe></div></div></center><p style="font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="" class="" height="286" src="https://www.naijaloaded.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/messi-1.jpg" style="background-color: white; display: block; float: none; font-size: 14px; height: auto; max-width: inherit; padding: 0px !important; text-align: left; width: 445.469px;" width="356" /></p></center><div class="group" id="content" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 0px; border: none; color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; margin: 3px 3px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 10px 15px; position: relative;"><div class="post-page-featured-image " style="font-size: 14px; margin: -15px -15px 15px; max-height: 280px; overflow: visible hidden; position: relative;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div class="post-page-featured-image " style="margin: -15px -15px 15px; max-height: 280px; overflow: visible hidden; position: relative;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="post-page-featured-image " style="margin: -15px -15px 15px; max-height: 280px; overflow: visible hidden; position: relative;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;">Lionel Messi has broken 11 records this season alone, including Cristiano Ronaldo’s LaLiga hat-trick tally3, has enjoyed another hiessi has endured a rocky relationship with his club’k</span></div></div><h3 style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;">2. CAN I HELP YOU?</h3><p style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">As well as his goalscoring feat, Messi has been sensational helping out his team-mates, breaking the LaLiga record for most assists in a single season, previously held by ex-team-mate Xavi, with 21.</p><h3 style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;">3. 20-20 VISION</h3><p style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">Messi became the first player in LaLiga history to score 20 goals and lay on 20 assists in a single season.</p><h3 style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;">4. MONTHS ON END</h3><p style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">This season, Messi took his career Player of the Month award tally to seven – the most in LaLiga history.</p><h3 style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;">5. OVER & OVER & OVER…</h3><p style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">In 2019-20, Messi took his streak of consecutive 20-goal seasons to a LaLiga-record 12.</p><h3 style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;">6. THE 1,000 CLUB</h3><p style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">Messi became the founding member of the 1,000 goal involvements club in 2019-20. No other footballer in history has officially managed that feat.</p><h3 style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;">7. PERENNIAL WINNER</h3><p style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">Messi racked up his 500th win in 2019-20 – the first player in Spanish football history to do so.</p><h3 style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;">8. SORRY, RONNIE</h3><p style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">Cristiano Ronaldo was the previous LaLiga hat-tricks record holder with 34, but Messi levelled that tally this season, before promptly breaking it. He’s now on 36.</p><h3 style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;">9. REAL AMBITION</h3><p style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">No Barcelona player has featured in as many El Clasico games as Messi, with the Argentine taking on Real Madrid a record 43rd time this term.</p><h3 style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;">10. NO CHAMPIONS FATIGUE I</h3><p style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">After scoring against Slavia Prague in October, Messi became the first player to ever score in 15 successive Champions League seasons.</p><h3 style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;">11. NO CHAMPIONS FATIGUE II</h3><p style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">And Messi has now scored against more clubs in Champions League history than any other player, with 34 victims.</p>

Messi Records Messi Broke This Season

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