08/12/2021 11:20 AM
Clarín.com
sports
Updated 08/12/2021 11:27 AM
In the midst of the uproar over his landing in Paris to join the galactic PSG, Rosario star Lionel Messi revealed details of the hard moment in which he learned that he would not continue in Barcelona and how he told his wife Antonella and his children.
Messi said that it
was his father Jorge who personally gave him the news
at his home in Casteldefels, minutes after meeting with the president of the Catalan club, Joan Laporta.
It was in one of the exclusive interviews he gave after his official presentation.
Messi spoke with the Spanish journalist and writer
Guillem Balagué
and, relaxed, told him details of the hours after the failed agreement with the club that he reached when he was just 13 years old.
"My father came to my house to let me know because he had met with Laporta early in the morning. There came the slump.
I told Antonela about it. We cried and got bitter,
" the Rosario revealed.
And he continued with the story: "Then we began to think about how to tell the children, because in December we had told them that we were going to stay and continue in Barcelona.
We knew what a blow it was going to be, especially for Thiago
."
In the brief talk with the playing field of the Parque de los Príncipes stadium behind him, Messi relaxed and delved into details of the mobilizing hours that his family lived.
"It was difficult for us to sleep and rest in all these days because we were anxious about the uncertainty of what was going to happen after the club's statement, because we did not know what we were going to do, we had nothing defined," he said.
Messi's main concern was for his eldest son, Thiago, 8, but he is confident that he will adjust to the new life.
"Many times we think too much and the boys assimilate it and accept it in a way that we do not think. Knowing him,
I know that Thiago is like me and carries it inside
without expressing it, but it is not anything serious," he said.
And he closed: "He shows that he is happy, content and prepared.
They will adapt as they adapt to everything
. It will be a good experience for him. It will help him grow on a personal level, to continue training and surely all five of us will be spectacular. And I delighted to be in this club. "
In that brief interview of three questions, like all those he gave moments after the presentation, Messi also told the Spanish journalist that "for a year and a half" he has been studying English and that he understands "a lot."
"I understand a lot but talking ... I could talk, I think Indian, but I could," he said smiling.
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