It's 'SCARY' how Barcelona treated Lionel Messi: How do they treat everyone else? - Burley | ESPN FC

Lionel Messi will be back with FC Barcelona this season after deciding not to take the club to court over his contract. Is it a win for Barca? Will he actually show up ready to give his all every day, or will he be miserable every day? During ESPN's coverage of the UEFA Nations League on ABC, Craig Burley, Taylor Twellman, Alejandro Moreno and Kay Murray discuss the fallout from Messi's decision and whether there is any hope of reconciliation between the player and the club for at least one more season.
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[@AdemolaVictorTv]

Well spoken, Messi didn’t deserve this after 20 years

[@mikeheap7978]

BARCA FANS BLAME BARTEMEU. NO NO NO THIS IS DOWN TO BARCALONA. MESSI IS NOW PLAYING LIKE A SLAVE. DISGUSTING BEHAVIOUR BY FC BARCA.

[@amazoner0cks]

Barca didn't deserve this from a player they gave everything and helped him achieve everything. Messi made a chaos all around Barca and made them forget all about the transfer market, he's a selfish player and only cares about himself, he wants to win always lol "my team is losing, instead of helping them i'll quit!!!" He's under contract and he should respect that. That's the difference between him and Ronaldo, Ronaldo never let his head down and always tries again and again.

[@IAMBrandonWilson]

@@amazoner0cks don't comment what you don't know. Barca has spent millions trying to find a replacement for neymar. First dembele then coutinho. Barcelona gave Messi everything and vice versa. Messi isn't selfish in any way. He knows the club needs rebuilding hence he's leaving. Judge yourself b4 you judge anyone. Read the title of the video. Don't make this about another player💯

[@johntgw]

@@mikeheap7978 Slaves aren't paid €100m per year. Let's keep some perspective.

[@malawi44]

@Jordan Belmodis no sir, clown of the say actually goes to you. You are broke following a player that dont care about where or how you live. He has a point. He gets paid millions, and whine at the same time. You on the other hand could be broke. Yet you are here defending someone that doesnt even know you exist. The Barcelona board are genius. Shows how the modern day entertainer cant read the fine print. He could have told his rep, or team of lawyers to help him understand his contract obligations. By the way, why would anyone sign a contract that puts a price tag of $700 million on ones head. He saw neymar pay $300 million to buy himself out. He should know that that $700 million was the only way out.

[@shalomault3170]

Being a barca fan,this is just saddening to see

[@TheOutlierToday]

Same

[@ianm8218]

I’ve been a Barca fan since 2006, you hate to see it, they must have treated ronaldinho like this too

[@mahfuz6943]

As a real madrid fan it would be sad for him to go. Imagine the clasicos without ronaldo AND messi😭

[@anmolkalra3150]

I was a barca fan..I'll watch them still but only for goat!

[@siddey9782]

It is the look on his face said it all.

[@xxx-us9fj]

I've seen horror movies with a better ending than this messi-barca story

[@thatboym1103]

Exactly 😭

[@jactrich]

Nah this is great. They deserve this for all the player poaching they’ve done and they’re not cherry picking the squad for Messi so now the princess isn’t getting everything he wants he wants to leave. Poor princess Messi on his over half a million pounds a week

[@jactrich]

It’s more of a comedy

[@frankrubio1546]

You couldn’t have said that any better!

[@justsomerandomdude8569]

@@jactrich bark louder clown 🤡🤡

[@petertromp8786]

Bartomeu is soulless, gutless and utterly devoid of honor.

[@davidmee796]

Well said

[@TheNickKerr]

Yet the ultra rich guy who doesn’t pay his taxes is the good guy? 🤣🤣🤣 yeah ok keeping Stanning the guy who can’t win a single trophy for his country 😹😹

[@petertromp8786]

@@TheNickKerr What does that have to do with the current situation? Are you a moron?

[@kennyg3126]

@@TheNickKerr im not a Barca fan but you sound like a salty moron

[@insanezombieman753]

@@petertromp8786 don't feed the troll

[@pierreazuke4194]

Craig has never been so relatable Not like gab who had the audacity to blame messi for power play He has got my respect 🙌🙌

[@Charmer4856]

He always keeps it real even if it’s an unpopular opinion

[@user-rr7ov9dz1i]

DaReoCharmer yeah and gets it criticised for it by clowns

[@corwaincyrus6840]

@ u are going to compare the legacy that messi is trying to wrap up with the legacy buffon is trying to wrap up?

[@pierreazuke4194]

@@balle733 till next week then

[@pierreazuke4194]

@ he wanted to leave before that Why should he stay when he knows they aren't going to win anything He has literally single handedly saved them from embarrassments for the past few seasons And he is Lionel Messi ffs he should get whatever he wants

[@relaxingsoul540]

New players will think twice before signing up for Barca...

[@andim.8788]

Facts

[@liverpoollegendsteve6847]

Totally they have ruined there great name after this big time!!!

[@fgarcia2791]

I see why a lot of the young la Masia players leave to other teams as soon as they get a chance lol

[@RikardoAHP]

Agree

[@drewmichael9173]

Truth

[@sohamkarmakar9663]

As a Madridista.... MY ESTEEM FOR MESSI HAS INC BY FAR AFT HIS INTERVIEW Gracias legend for entertaining La liga and world football for all these years which went unnoticed because of my biased mentality

[@Yoyo-sy5kl]

Makes me kinda sad rooting for the other team when there is such a quality player on the other side. To me at least I've always realized he was at the top of the game. I dont think we will see that quality in Barca anymore. Hope that Juventus spend conservatively this year maybe they can bag him next year with suarez, Cr7, and messi on the same team.

[@2345ronaldinho]

Sucks that your bias robbed you from enjoying the career of the greatest, most awe-inspiring, most talented player in history. I certainly thoroughly enjoyed these last 13 years in which Messi entertained the footballing world, I have a lot of fond memories from watching Messi. That's an L for you lol. It's not too late though, he seems motivated to play a few more years and end it all with a bang. Hence this whole transfer saga

[@moviesjean23]

Yet your club doing the same thing to Gareth Bale lmao 😂

[@Kai-hb4yd]

@@moviesjean23 anyone would treat him the same way after his actions against real madrid, BTW I am not madridista

[@sohamkarmakar9663]

@@moviesjean23 yeah cause that's an internal rift mate...which neither you nor me have a complete awareness about

[@harshitsinghai1395]

Craig is literally speaking every fan's heart out there...

[@lordfatal2252]

Cr7 =MICHAEL JORDAN Messi= lebron james

[@ARJUN-SS]

@@lordfatal2252 MESSI=MESSI

[@echaidlehands]

@@lordfatal2252 Messi = Jesus lil' Brother

[@Doss3332]

@@lordfatal2252 why compare with Basket ball players? Football is bigger.

[@albertorockmaster1836]

@@lordfatal2252 they are both Lebron, Pele or Maradona=Michael Jordan

[@aditya8778]

For those who are saying he did this for money just check his interview He said he got offer every year from other teams who are willing to pay more than barcelona :-)

[@mikeheap7978]

BARCA FANS BLAME BARTEMEU. NO NO NO THIS IS DOWN TO BARCALONA. MESSI IS NOW PLAYING LIKE A SLAVE. DISGUSTING BEHAVIOUR BY FC BARCA.

[@joshuaguevara1309]

mike heap lol Yes and Bart is the PRESIDENT of FCB

[@ruben1128]

Messi left because bartemeu ruined the whole club. Horrible transfers he just ruined the club Messi just wants to get out. Never seen a club do this.

[@smoothchilling64]

Even if he did it for money, it's a passion & a job for players. No hard feelings there

[@safi0163]

@Medical Speech-language pathologist why you Born?? You are a disgrace

[@christopherguzman7403]

Everyone has forgotten how badly casillas was treated at the end of his Madrid career that press conference always break my heart

[@manavarunaravind4290]

That was mostly Mourinho's fault

[@araventhsenthan9758]

link please?

[@s.a.6377]

@@manavarunaravind4290 Madrid fanbase and hierarchy lack class let's be honest. Boo and criticise legends constantly, embarrassing.

[@yuvrajtoor7815]

@@s.a.6377 madrid didnt even treated cr7 well, they treat their players as machines who have been programmed to win titles

[@cjbotts]

I’m a Barca fan but I actually had huge respect for a bunch of those players. Xabi Alonso and Casillas. What Mourinho did to that locker room was a total disgrace, the Spanish national team was never the same after. Casillas deserved a massive sending off and “thank you” and sadly was forced to quietly go away

[@teachersheyii6364]

"I would never go to court against barca coz I love Barca..." I felt that lad 😪

[@jeffdaman6969]

And because he would lose.

[@ybx1926]

JEFFREY Man stfu

[@Kai-hb4yd]

@@jeffdaman6969 are you sure about that? Messi ' s legal contract prevents uefa and fifa from interfering, so they would have taken the case to national court, where a contract would have been read by different lawyers and personalities and the result would have been messi winning the case. Same thing would have happened if they went to CAS

[@jeffdaman6969]

Kai8463 You obviously don’t understand how contracts work. It’s black and white. There are no technicalities. There was a deadline. Messi didn’t send his request to leave before the deadline. He was going to lose. You really think the courts are going to let messi leave Barcelona for free after the deadline had passed? What precedent would that set? These players no longer have to honor their contract? Think guy think. Messi was going to lose.

[@jeffdaman6969]

YassinGaming Truth hurts. I get it.

[@chidieberenwagu2235]

In as much as I am a Cr7 fan, I think Messi was treated poorly. Legends of a club should be appreciated especially those that gave you years of their lives at a top Level.

[@roberrandrei8655]

Real madrid let him leave without a big fuss, what barca did to messi just a DISGRACE. I hope barca ends up like ac milan.

[@Kai-hb4yd]

@@roberrandrei8655 Oi! It wasn't Barcelona, it was Bartomeu and his clowns, don't drag the whole club into this.

[@roberrandrei8655]

@@Kai-hb4yd and the president represents the club so yeah, it was barca

[@Kai-hb4yd]

@@roberrandrei8655 well, messi said that he still and always will love barca and he indirectly said that he hates bartomeu, so in your sense does it mean that messi hates barca because he hates bartomeu?

[@yankiefrenz1367]

Contract has to be respected bro

[@rorisangpitswane3595]

What honestly makes this so pathetic is that after all of this irregardless of what occurs, he is leaving next year, the betrayal is so deep, and for what...bragging rights?! This Barcelona clearly needs a rebuild, Messi is too old for a project he needs to play for a structured team. They are effectively robbing Messi of his last few years of playing football only to let him go for free. For me, whats the most insulting thing is(I'm a Barca fan) that there are some fans and some people in the board that think they can change Messi's mind in the next few months after they forced him to stay and put him under atrocious criticism...like how delusional can people be lol he's definitely leaving next year, it's set in stone.

[@bsman321]

you know ide agree with you if he wouldnt have demanded to leave for free this season. if he had gone to the board and said like Ronaldo did a couple of years ago "please sell me i want to leave" he could have been playing this "betrayed by his club" card. the moment he involved lawyers and legal stuff before asking to leave he made himself the bad guy no matter what. now his PR guys are fabricating an interview so they can tell us half-truths. the reason he's waiting a year is mainly money. with the pandemic clubs dont really have lots of money and with City already have "fair-play" problems. so he cant get the amount of money he'll get if he leaves for free next season if any star player from the team i love would have made demands to leave for free i wouldn't take his side

[@majorgamefreak007]

You said it best mate shameless vampires sucking the life out of him

[@ishmaelmutumbi8469]

@@bsman321 blame the club for structure his contract that way Barcelona board is bad for negotiating contracts they were overpaying players. Now they failed to negotiate with Messi's camp to leave with a fee to rebuild his beloved club

[@zirbto5749]

@ORGO yeah and if he had competent advisors he would have send it on june 10th either he is lying or his team is incompetent. if he had already told everyone just send a fax to make it offical

[@jeffdaman6969]

ORGO You don’t understand how contracts work do you. If Messi really wanted to leave then he should have officially requested it before June pandemic or not. He didn’t officially. That’s on him and his agent/father. If Messi had a real agent the release would have been signed and he would be getting ready to play with Man city right now.

[@yousifyako5607]

Real Madrid Legends: 1.Bartomeo 2.CR7 3.Di Stefano

[@jermainelawson8856]

He's even a better agent than David Luiz and cech.

[@havetrustissue8975]

Di Stefano over CR7

[@honestpenaldo]

Have Trust Issue no messi fan

[@havetrustissue8975]

Di Stefano 5 champion league. He build the clubs foundation of winning Champions League.

[@honestpenaldo]

Have Trust Issue it wasn't only him, puskas, kopa and many other players were there

[@Aamirbhaii]

Ngl I'm not really gonna enjoy seeing him stay at the club against his will. His interview tells everything. The way we treat Leo is shocking. Bartomeu should just go to jail. He is a clown. A massive one. This club needs saving

[@sakielmessi7239]

Wouldnt be surprised if he retired he probably won't enjoy football as much

[@saranjuneknight9153]

Even me too 😔😠

[@danialm7900]

Real Madrid would bail him out

[@vahurjoa210]

Disrespecting a player is not a criminal offence

[@Woot007]

@@vahurjoa210 no its not but not honoring an agreement are.

[@TacticalManager]

FREE MESSI !!!

[@orlandosportsacademy6207]

Bartomeu out

[@mikeheap7978]

BARCA FANS BLAME BARTEMEU. NO NO NO THIS IS DOWN TO BARCALONA. MESSI IS NOW PLAYING LIKE A SLAVE. DISGUSTING BEHAVIOUR BY FC BARCA.

[@liverpoollegendsteve6847]

Bro 😂😂😂

[@amazoner0cks]

@@mikeheap7978 He has a contract and should complete it till the next new board comes in March and decide. The current board can't take such decision on letting him go for free while he still has 1 year left, they can't take such important decision while they'll be leaving in 4-5 months.

[@jactrich]

He could pay his release clause with one week of his wages. Messi is a deranged drama queen who because he’s not getting everything he wants in life like he always has he wants to leave or sit in the corner pouting. Poor princess

[@neurophilosophers994]

I’ve been a Barca fan my whole life and I’m completely depressed by the way they’ve treated the greatest player to ever live...even more so than the terrible performances they’ve put in since 2017 really ...

[@pz4934]

ikr, never thought i'd be in this. Messi deserves better

[@janniknielsen9292]

Yeah, it is appalling they have been treating Coutinho this way, but don't forget how they treated Suarez either.

[@merrillmohan2484]

INTP Guy the greatest players have World Cup and international trophy 🏆 Messi only have barca trophies not even other clubs trophies sorry 😐 hes not the greatest

[@thetube4424]

You are obviously 12 If you think that.

[@rapazazul1129]

and the way he treated barcelona fans? never even apologised for his childish behaviour

[@QiangGao]

Well-said! When you make a gentlemen agreement with a non-gentleman, you will get betrayal. So sad for Messi to end his career this way after what he has done for the club over years.

[@kyngdylon7545]

imagine how they treat Grizeman, Coutinho,Dembele,ect

[@Kiddingyoumust]

Let’s not get carried away. Griezmann hasn’t been good enough and you can blame Messi for. Coutinho was good enough. Dembele is always injured. None of those issues are related to Barca front office.

[@luiji120]

DZ Baws a lot of players hated him because how he dumped Barca the season prior. A lot of players didn’t pass the ball to griezman at first. Not saying it’s the only reason he played bad but definitely a important thing to consider.

[@efiz8057]

@@Kiddingyoumust messi as a player in a field is the best in the world an alien But as a man he's childish Introvert man As a captain no had a leadership So salty to a new young who come to barca Like griezman coutinho de jong Etc

[@wingedhussar1453]

Oh yea how bad are these overplayed millionaires being treated I'm so upset

[@eyoLucio]

Gin-Nius let’s see if he does good now that he is in his natural position, they had him as a lw and he’s lefty he had to shoot with his weak foot

[@techhawk4946]

How many of you wants Bartomeu Out !

[@omairsh8]

Whoever doesn't want him out is either brain damaged, or a Real/Espanyol supporter

[@dannysathish]

Want him knocked out.

messi is not the victim here, he is a coward, its messi who wanted to leave not bartomeu

[@yankiefrenz1367]

Messi should leave rather

[@notnero09]

@ troll go do something with your life instead of being a hater

[@nerminpeskovic3439]

Imagine treating the best player in your club like this. What happened to “Mes Que Un Club”? Get Bartomeu out of here, he doesn’t have Barcelona DNA.

i remember you how maradona ronaldo and ronaldinho left barcelona?

[@yankiefrenz1367]

Messi has nothing to offer stfu

[@mikeheap7978]

BARCA FANS BLAME BARTEMEU. NO NO NO THIS IS DOWN TO BARCALONA. MESSI IS NOW PLAYING LIKE A SLAVE. DISGUSTING BEHAVIOUR BY FC BARCA.

[@barryclegg9961]

Bartomeu has destroyed us

[@JESUS-IS-THE-TRUTH-]

more like “mes que un prison” 😂 Free messi man

[@justinbergmans36]

They’ll get nothing for him next year. That’s what they deserve

[@Iamassi21]

justin bergmans wrong lol .. he will be at his best like every season since he became a professional football player. He will never disappoint, Give Messi a ball and a field he forgets anything else in his life, that’s how much he loves football

[@avyneupane5348]

@@Iamassi21 I think he means his clause expires next year so hes gonna leave for free. As he should, Im tired of seeing Messi waste his final years in our team.

[@michielvorster53]

Craig was right today! Credit where its due

[@siddhantkulkarni8851]

Don't you mean craigdit? Sorry.

[@sammusumba4385]

Siddhant Kulkarni this was so bad it was good 🤣🤣😭

[@Azza.10]

I feel like he talks most sense. Okay maybe people disagree but that’s when opinions are involved. With the facts he’s good

[@DaleFCB10]

Nice to see Craig Burley speaking common sense on this.

[@rickybeans8504]

I like him

[@iOver]

I love how Craig strongly feels for Messi and his situation.

[@javiermejia9209]

Lol 😂 he was getting hate last week for saying Messi needed to show up to practice

[@ARJUN-SS]

@@javiermejia9209 but he said the truth here

[@edwisongogo6326]

@@javiermejia9209 he retracted his claim towards the end of the video when he realised it was tethered with legal advice.

[@alanlopez3794]

Messi's son: Dad I don't wanna leave Barcelona😫 Messi: "ok son." *signs for Espanyol*

[@Maddy-ht8pg]

That would be epic ! :D

[@alanlopez3794]

@@Maddy-ht8pg Ikr

[@losangeleslovesyou]

"Unhappy Messi" is basically how he plays for Argentina, which does not bode well..

[@tecnogadget2]

losangeleslovesyou being argentinian, i can confirm.

[@albertorockmaster1836]

you know, he has played unhappy last Copa America and Rusia 2018, World Cup 2014, copa America 2015 and 2016 he played nicely he played happily when he is happy he scores a lot and assists, at 2014 and 2016 he scored 5 goals and gave 4 assistances, and they made it to the final, happiness is important to some people like him in order to perform well

[@buscandolaverdad8686]

Yup

[@sanzuqui]

I'm Argentinean and I have to sadly agree with you. People just can't cope with greatness so they try to destroy it.

[@VenusInFurs2100]

Are you stupid? how can you compare the national squad -where players see each other & play together very few times, esp the Arg squad, all of our players are abroad - with any other team where he plays all year & has been so for over 15 years? lol he is happy in the Argentina squad, don't worry mug.

[@mustafaabdullahi5031]

Free Messi!

[@mikeheap7978]

BARCA FANS BLAME BARTEMEU. NO NO NO THIS IS DOWN TO BARCALONA. MESSI IS NOW PLAYING LIKE A SLAVE. DISGUSTING BEHAVIOUR BY FC BARCA.

[@rohanjadhav9617]

@Shawn Razak y should one pay that amount of money when he clearly wants to leave?? Regardless he'll go for free next transfer window.

[@nicknic28292490]

And De Gea.

[@UsmanKhan-cl6mm]

You know he'll go to city right

[@mustafaabdullahi5031]

@@UsmanKhan-cl6mm No

[@Warworm-dd7dp]

look at griezmann couthino etc then u know how u get treated there :(

[@stevenjon1347]

And Suarez. The third highest goalscorer in Barca's history gets a 60 second phone call telling him he's no longer in the club's plans and is made to train alone. A key component in the club's treble winning team and the spearhead of MSN is unceremoniously dumped with zero fanfare.

[@futlifetv3983]

Craig nailed it

[@ElTamauro]

2 things we can say for sure: 1- Messi's agent and all his entourage are a bunch of amateurs, you have to be a fool to trust Bartomeu's word on something like this, especially after having said for years that Bartomeu is your enemy. 2- Arrogance and lies, this is the "Barca Style", and you can see in how the managed this story as well as in the way they deal with the market. They should build a huge statue of Messi in Barcelona because if it wasn't for him they would be 20% of the club they are now, and their gratitude for that is to blatantly lie to his face. Shame on Barca.

[@mikeheap7978]

BARCA FANS BLAME BARTEMEU. NO NO NO THIS IS DOWN TO BARCALONA. MESSI IS NOW PLAYING LIKE A SLAVE. DISGUSTING BEHAVIOUR BY FC BARCA.

[@jeffdaman6969]

mike heap messi isn’t a slave clown. He has a contract he has to honor. What slave makes $100 million 🙄

[@barryclegg9961]

Bartomeu is a snake and is a god in Madrid

[@blu4lifealfycfc.32]

Maurizio Cattaneo agreed... the current regime r clueless.!!

[@gadaleantudor]

You just can't forget that your clause expires in June and you can't just trust a "promise". Messi has like 50 lawyers, and he knew what he can do to avoid being into this situation. He didn't want to leave in June, and now he's just spinning it and putting his kids and wife in front. Absolutely disgraceful.

[@sharadoadd2877]

I just love Craig, he's always straight to the point, barça's handling of players is so terrible, as Craig said if they treat Messi like then I can't imagine how they treat other players in the club. 👀

[@5kplamse]

Messi should go play golf with Bale while taking his salary.

[@Unusualgroophy]

After 2 decades and everything he did for them? The club is literally depressing and killing him!! I can’t wait for his last year so he can leave Barca 👑👑!! Legend deserves better!! He gave them 20 years of his life lol..they don’t even see him as human Craig said it best with all the appropriate emotions and words!! ..

[@hamzasat]

Shut up fan girl... Messi is a cry baby always blaming others to escape responsibility. He did the Same thing with Argentina when he declared retirement lol remember that ? the club give him every thing during 20 years starting when they brought him from that shithole poor country ...payed for his treatment. .and making him a great player in LA masia. .then he found here the best players in the world that make him win trophies. .he didn't achieve any thing by himself

[@upakarbanskota]

​@@hamzasat lemme ask you who is better ronaldo or messi ?

[@onyebuchionyebuchi4055]

You are a fool mehdi Moro

[@smashmasternl3849]

messi gave his body and soul for 20 years he deserve waaaaay more then this he NEEDS a happy ending

[@nicknic28292490]

Gave his body? He makes like a million euro a week, lets not get carried away....

[@jetfitness7975]

@@nicknic28292490 yes and I'm sure barca knows he even deserve more take him out of that barca team for the past years and they would not win half of what they have so that 1 mi is well deserved

[@robinparker5731]

He should've left the team.

[@enabulujames7066]

There are clubs all over Europe and Asia that are willing to double his salary. He is a football god

[@hamzasat]

@@enabulujames7066 No he is not.... he didn't win anything for Argentina .he is useless without Barcelona

[@fantom1086]

I am a great messi barca fan. I also wanted messi to stay. But in happiness of leo there is happiness of our true fans. Please let him go.Shame bartomeu.

[@vulcan1068]

like they treated arthur

[@roberrandrei8655]

Barca became a joke, I hope they end up like ac milan

[@nehemyah6986]

@@roberrandrei8655 they won't

[@mu3addz594]

@Samuel r u even Bayern fan to celebrate 8-2 ....stupid 🐶

[@handsomejohnny6992]

@Samuel say it louder please bro ❣️

[@Robin-gm4xp]

@@roberrandrei8655 😂😂

[@lilmax_05]

As a Barca fan, this is saddened and make me feel ashamed this time, Batamau is the biggest coward the world ever produced. Leo didn’t deserve this...

[@Najim19]

Craig just like yesterday absolutely spot on 👍

[@squidstone8399]

What really pisses me off is now we lose ANOTHER year of prime messi. i really want him to retire in Premier League or Serie A. Let's hope he leaves next year. Xavi or not

[@robinparker5731]

Yeah! If it wasn't for Bartomeu, he could've left the club. I'm not even a Barcelona fan but I hates Bartomeu

[@cracksemiro6375]

@@robinparker5731 he left his prime long ago

[@sione187]

As a liverpool fan... yeah nah stay there!

[@blade4174]

@@cracksemiro6375 you clearly don't watch Messi's game.

[@cracksemiro6375]

@@blade4174 all his numbers are dropping...

[@yogeshjeebaun6641]

Just coming to say ... Love the new background!

[@brysonsabun4657]

As a Barca fan I will understand Messi whether he decides to stay or he leaves. For what Messi has given us for all those years I would thank him and give him what he wants

[@applesoranges559]

Respect Craig's humane response 👏🙌🙏 ..

[@aayanguren]

Thank you ESPN FC! Finally someone speaking up against what has happened to Messi. It's disgusting how Messi can be treated as though he is not human. And I am talking not just to the Barcelona Board, and Bartomeu, but also the Barca FANS. Messi publicly states he wants to finish his career HAPPY, he's been very sad as a footballer, and the Barca fans hear, "I will stay", and completely dismiss everything else. Not all, but a lot of Barca fans have shown the world that they, and Bartomeu deserve each other. I can only hope Messi makes the move in a couple months, and leaves ALL of Barca to sleep in the beds they've made. Watch out for the bed bugs Scumbags.

[@Zaak249]

i am barca fan and i want messi to leave so we can rebuild the team again and find new players who play in their own way and can help barca forward like klopp did at liverpool, that didint happen overnight so barca fans strap in its gonna be a long and tough road but we can do it because we have done it before, because the truth is we are never gonna find a new messi, iniesta or xavi because they dont exist they players from a diffrent time we need new players that do things in their own way and who are gonna be good for barca its not over just because messi is leaving, he has been great for the club and i hope we can show him that and let him move on happy and maybe one day he will come back to barca in a diffent role to help the new barca !!!!! hopefully

[@javiermejia9209]

Lol don’t read too much into it man.. Craig changes his mind like someone changes their underwear just for the views... he was getting hate last week for saying Messi was unprofessional not showing up for practice.

[@ARJUN-SS]

@@javiermejia9209 that was before the messi interview bruhh

[@ARJUN-SS]

@@Zaak249 it's not messis fault the players around him isn't performing well and barca defence is a joke😄

[@javiermejia9209]

ARJUN lol 😂 how much spit u use?

[@jibaoceesay5577]

The music at the beginning 😭

[@janovankevin8268]

Heartbreaking to see him like that

[@TacticalManager]

Messi became a prisoner. A well paid one though

[@practiceyourart]

The 100 million euro a year prisoner. Somebody please! Help Messi!!

[@shakibulhasan2379]

@@practiceyourart he could have earned more elsewhere

[@TacticalManager]

practiceyourart poor messi😂🤣

[@7yep4336dfgvvh]

@@practiceyourart I'll swap places with him ffs. Just let Messi go!! Take me and let him go.

[@simbaking6338]

lol!...ikr?...wish Messi could exchange the prison sentence with me till April 2021...What a happy prisoner i would be!!

[@kingalex8458]

"més que un club" were also a prison lol

[@Unfilertinsaan007]

Look at the decency of messi the greatest player ever..... Salute to this man...

[@pinkud86]

As a liverpool fan i m definitely happy by our way of treatment of club legends.barca should replace that tagline "its more than club" with "its only about business"

[@luisdelaguila3868]

I couldn't agree more, THANK YOU GUYS.

[@abhijaisingh3859]

The greatest player ever in the history of the sport wanted to leave the club of his life and even that wasn't allowed. If he was to leave all they would be concerned about is the transfer fee and that is a disgrace in itself. If they didn't get enough value after everything he gave for 2 decades of his life ,they never will.

[@khayamabena2677]

They milking this Messi story😂😂this dude is a BRAND🐐

[@TacticalManager]

Its gonna happen till anything relevant happens 😂🤣

[@s.a.6377]

It's a huge story to be fair. They make 3 videos every time Ronaldo gets a new hairstyle lmao.

[@kshitijsingh2311]

They're just doing their job. They are journalists. They have to milk something.

[@greenegreene8644]

It's a huge story, not sporting news even Al-Jazeera have a segment on Messi

[@JSVKK]

What else is better subject to discuss at this time? It's a discussion forum about football stories .It's normal.

[@jaxxzb7266]

Those r comparing bartemeou wid Perez screaming the stuff that happened to casillas .....there's a huge difference between them, perez might be rude but when it comes to business , n buying players perez is a genius . Bartemou is no where close to him, even ed Woodward is better than him

[@keithsheldreck1324]

I think you were going great till you said he is worse than Edward woodward. Barcelona are in free fall and Messi wants a last hurrah, he deserves it 20 years has given and to be treated like this not surprising in these bad times.

[@junirboi1043]

The studioooooo Looks greatt🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@brysonsabun4657]

Well said Craig, thank you

[@raheemmcclashie8013]

it was because they thought barca would of been in a better state at the end of the season. they now realize that if messi goes they will fall off even worse and struggle to get back up.

[@breezy4643]

I watch soccer literally everyday and every minute and I must say Craig Burley is one of the best Pundits. No bias, says it as it as, and very rarely makes stupid statements (footballwise). Espn is boring without him! Mad love for the man! Big up to Ale Moreno as well

[@shah1668]

agree with you. i watch espn, because both of them.

[@itzcorruptionspvp5906]

FOOTBALL NOT SOCCER

[@jayrodm643]

You said soccer, you're option has become invalid

[@pietrocolombelli2523]

amazing video, those are right informations...

[@ademebude8528]

Glad to see everyone back in the studios. And Craig Burley is one of my favourite pundits 👍🏾

[@sanjibsamanta6236]

Craig Is Spot on.. Bang On.!! The Barca President Betrayed with The Best Ever Player who is Loyal to his Club. And Shameless Bartomeu Used Leo's Loyality in Disgrace. Unbearable !!! It's Miserable For Football Fans around Globe.

[@kaypakaipa8559]

Being a Chelsea fan I hate barca, but honestly this is sad. Messi does not deserve this. They are ruining this mans remaining 2-4years.

[@muhammadbilaltariq8886]

this set looks amazing

[@bionicle37]

Cool studio clear picture

[@ggkk4676]

Barca betrayed it's biggest legend. Shame, the club acted this way..

[@aadarshrajbhandari6078]

When I watched Messi's interview, I was a out to cry. Now I really hate this Barcelona board and Barcelona as a club but because of Messi I have to watched the game. This is my situation a d I imagine how Messi is gonna to feel.

[@JJ-3721]

man I feel exactly the same

[@hamzasat]

Cry for yourself stupid kid...Messi get payed 50 millions a year. What you got ? Your family is probably starving right now and you cry for a millionaire 😂

[@janniknielsen9292]

@@hamzasat He gets more than that. Over £80 mil a year. And he doesn't care a hoot about his fans.

[@aadarshrajbhandari6078]

​ @mehdi Moro Mr. I think you need to learn from the kids how to behave with each other. I think you need to visit a psychiatrist. If you don't have money for that then beg me, I will give you. Moreover, it is not your business to think about my family. I think you are frustrated because you lose your job due to the Corona epidemic and your whole family is starving. First, go and check them.

[@marchinggiant2423]

Fabulous ANALYSIS absolutely to the point...

[@ilish6338]

this edition is far better

[@bobcricket4873]

This could have been prevented with Messi hiring experienced agent representation. Leaving negotiations to his father and under the auspices of 'gentlemens agreements' with a political operator like Bartomeu was likely to end badly sooner or later. Hate to see it.

[@roniieeem5031]

3 counter points 1) You wouldn't expect your family members to betray you after living together for a lifetime (20 years in sports is a lifetime) 2) He always intended to finish his career here, before this year. Who would think one day Messi would need a lawyer-agent to fight Barcelona 3) There's no way a player, let alone club captain, could put in a transfer request before June 10 in this season's scenario. Nothing an agent could have done as well

[@aaassaeer]

@@roniieeem5031 Had he taken Barcelona to court, he would have won. It's clear no contract made in the past would stand under the current circumstances. The season itself ended late, the transfer market opened late so how can Messi hand in a request in June? Any half decent lawyer would win it for him but he's out himself prison to the loyalty

[@roniieeem5031]

@@aaassaeer True He doesn't want to go to court. Plus these cases have an average time of 4 months anyway. The year is ruined for him.

[@gamingparadise3390]

@@aaassaeer well yes but he has morals. He doesn't want to go against the club in court. Imagine a son going after his father in court. He respects Barcelona

[@DC-nt4nz]

•So he took at cut of 70% in salary •Was talking to president as he wanted leave the club for almost a year Now they have "played" on him Clown board Clown bartmaeo

[@leroybanging2687]

Wow. What is this new set up. I kinda love it.

[@k.o.fchamp773]

the new set looks fire asf

[@zimdollar3229]

It's sad

[@hypebeastreet6308]

Messi “The Last dance” in Netflix 2030

[@flov2011]

Messi was injured and kept playing every match ... Let the man go on with his life.

[@bishaljohn7328]

I had bath with my tears after seing the interview of messi 😭😭😭heart broken

[@anantamohanty1035]

After the series of blunders, Bartomeu knows he won't be selected next year and the worst thing he could have done is losing Lionel Messi on his last year as a Barcelona President that's why he is saving face. He simply doesn't care about the club or the players or the cups or anything!! He is simply saving his face while counting down his time at Barca

[@manashbhatta9253]

It's like a sad ending of a movie. Messi is the hero and the villain is Bartomeu . We should name the movie The Betrayal.

[@deepfuries5094]

i saw his interview he was talking from his heart. he don't deserve this he deserve a better good bye from barcelona i wish him the best because he makes us enjoy football

[@scjester9]

This set is 🔥

[@ShorabHossain]

Being a Madridrista(we know a great deal of mistreatment of our players), this is such a disheartening way to treat Messi in the manner they did. Their greatest players and also their Captain. Truly a sad moment in football’s history.

[@cracksemiro6375]

You really fell for the Casillas lie? Poor Madridista

[@ShorabHossain]

@@cracksemiro6375 What did i miss?

[@bynahelemaal]

Basically bartomeu wasted the last 5 years of messi! The next president needs to make bartomeu persona non grata forever!

[@jonpool9030]

So did the president in power between in 2012,13 and 14 waste his career

[@bynahelemaal]

Jon Pool rosell? He was shitty too, vut at least he had somewhat of a plan... bartomeu’s only plan was enjoying the perks of being president and then when fans started getting worried.... hastily buying coutinho and griezmann! 2 players who didn’t fit and weren’t needed, but not replacing suarez, alba, semedo, pique, rakitic, busquets at least 2 years ago!

[@MarkanVaran7]

4:50 so on point!

[@akshayakku8768]

When messi said last years it really felt

[@thabomashale6728]

Betrayed by the president, not the club mind your words Craig, when you say betrayed by thr club itself you talking about the club you are including the players and the fand in there

[@playerone6995]

The president and the board represent the club, therefor the club betrayed him, nobody said anything about the fans, you have to be smart and understand that

[@baldeahmadoumacka1217]

the president represent the club don't try to separate that.

[@emileali3109]

Is he not the president of barca?

[@mmba954]

Betrayed? By getting paid hundreds of millions? 😭😭😭 Grow up Messi is a diva

[@wethepeople8470]

The president represent the club soo

[@TheDoublehh03]

messi was unhappy last year and broke la liga's assist record. he's a professional. he's a winner. he's going to give his best.

[@vaibhavkumar8862]

How can you give your best if you’re angry at the club and feeling sad that you’re not allowed to leave? And Messi was willing to stay last year, he wasn’t unhappy. This season it’s absolute betrayal!

[@Sam-xh2ui]

If later this season koemen says he dont want messi im done 😤

[@kenjohn12]

Great take fellas

[@youwezone6214]

6:56 The only thing ronaldo has earned throughout his marvellous career is to get "mentioned" when Leo is called GOAT😂😂😂

[@wishvakrish3583]

Bartomeu: Why so serious? Messi: You broke me Bartomeu: I wonder what did I broke first? Your body or your spirit Messi : you cost me in every way Bartoneu: peace has cost your strength Victory has defeated you

[@nqobilemadonsela5309]

Bartomeu: you fight like a younger man, nothing held back, admirable but mistaken.

[@lenzzx6663]

The best video of ESPN. Usually they talk abiut non sense not important stuff

[@luisramrod9121]

this conundrum keeps getting better and better ...... you can't wtite this mate!!!!!

[@ghaithghazi6748]

They practically put him in "football slavery"

[@ArtIncorporate]

I’ve always felt this but this episode being about Messi makes me call you guys out. I enjoy the show, but often you guys don’t do your homework and bring really surface level insights. For ex. Ale quotes Messi saying ‘Bartomeu was a disaster’. That’s completely untrue. While he rightfully roasted that scumbag, he dint say those words. That line is just doing the rounds on twitter. If you see the interview, he says much, but not in those words. And you guys really just aren’t making the distinction between Club and Bartomeu either. Messi himself made that very clear - he loves the club, hates the board. And that American dude just conveniently forgot what Messi said about the legal element and came up with the lawyers angle. I mean come on guys you can do better..

[@mariaenn]

I've watched the interview three times, still have no idea who invented the 'disaster' line, he never used the word

[@sandeshshetty3392]

The interview implies that. It's a disaster this messi wants to leave.

[@ArtIncorporate]

Sandesh Shetty Ale explicitly says these are messis words - that’s the incorrect part. It’s not about the essence and what it implies. It’s about being proper when it comes to such things that can easily be taken out of context. Subtle differences like this are the ones the sell outs MD and Sport will use to save Bartomeu and sully Messi. It’s like Caesar’s wife must always be above suspicion, sadly all us in the anti-bart camp, are Caesars wife here.

[@ArtIncorporate]

mariaenn I think it gained traction when Fabriano Romano tweeted it as a quote. He’s trusted, so even I was surprised he made such an error

[@ARJUN-SS]

@@ArtIncorporate this board is a disaster doesn't matter messi said it or not😂

[@ebiyejombo]

Really messed up! I just hope it works out for messy!

[@ChesterCoppercock]

nice set

[@brysonsabun4657]

Messi is the greatest player ever, don't worry Craig

[@littyagain]

I think the president just didn't want to be the guy that let Messi leave in such a bad way so he'd rather have Messi leave for free when he's out of the job and there's a new president 🤔

[@rishibhor451]

Yep.Even with all his failures at club,letting messi go would have been his biggest failure.

[@q-blaze5961]

Facts

[@haseeb4817]

this is the first time I like Craig's analysis, I am sure he reads these youtube comments so he's starting to take notes and getting better

[@mranderso7582]

Great take from Craig spot on