Barcelona players waited for Lionel Messi to show before awkwardly being told of exit
dailystar.co.ukBarcelona’s president has revealed the awkward moment where first-team players were ‘waiting for' Lionel Messi to start training before being made aware of his departure.The club announced on Thursday night that their legendary all-time top goal-scorer would not be staying at Barcelona for the new season, having spent his entire senior career at the Camp Nou.La Liga had tasked the Catalan club with shaving £200million off their wage budget which they were unable to do, meaning Messi could not be re-signed for the upcoming campaign.And now club president Joan Laporta has admitted the news came as a huge surprise even to the players.Speaking on whether he had told the first-team squad the news, Laporta said: "Yes, it was very important to do..
Read more on dailystar.co.uk
