Lionel Messi’s management team have dismissed all reports claiming that there have been rifts between the player and the club.
The Argentine is currently sidelined due to a leg injury which could keep him out for up to eight weeks, and since he picked up the injury, reports have come out suggesting that he has fallen out with officials at the club.
The reason for these suggestions is because Messi has been sent to see a specialist doctor who isn’t employed by the Catalan club, therefore sparking rumours that he is not happy with the club’s medical team.
However, in a recent statement made by his management team, the rumours and reports have been heavily dismissed.
“The process of recovery from the injury suffered last Sunday began on Monday. This injury, although of the same type and to the same leg, is not related to any previous ones.
“Being a player of the Asociacion de Futbol Argentino (AFA), and having games programmed with the national team, the licensed kinesiologist Dr Luis Garcia arrived yesterday in Barcelona to represent the national team, to monitor the injury, and to know the state and scope of the same.
“Barca’s medical services, as always, are those who take charge of accompanying him and treating him, like any other player at the club in other occasions.
“So they will be supervising his injury during the whole process, including when Leo travels to Argentina during the Christmas period.
“We want to deny completely the information published in some media, and confirm the comments of different club figures.
“Juanjo Brau, a great professional who has been close to Messi for a long period of time in recent years, no longer works day-to-day with Leo because FC Barcelona promoted him professionally.
“His current responsibilities are coordinating the club’s first team squad physios.
“There have been no professional or personal differences, nor a distancing outside of not being as close during their daily work.”
Written by Alex Batt – @AlexBatt – @AlexsArticles
