I’d break the Zlatan issue for many people including yourself. Narratives have traveled and I’ve come to conclude that many of you don’t even know what happened with Zlatan at Barcelona.
Zlatan’s major issue was with Pep, he had no single issue with Messi, none. Till date, he maintains that beef with Pep.
On Piers Morgan, Zlatan said the mistake he did when he got to Barcelona was trying to fit in. He got off a wrong start with Pep because he drove a Ferrari to training. In his words, he said Pep told him that, in this place, players don’t drive a Ferrari.
Zlatan said he didn’t drive his car for 7-8 months just to please Pep and try to fit in, which was his biggest regret.
Zlatan said he wasn’t performing and went to see Pep in his office. Firstly he went to meet the higher people up there in the hierarchy, but they told him that they can’t interfere and he should speak to Pep himself.
He went to meet Pep and told him that the new formation does not favor him. By the way, this is absolutely normal. I have attacked a video to Salah talking with Slot. In fact, you could hear Salah towards the end of that video say he was going to speak to Slot so they could change formations. This is normal in professional football. Players speak to their coaches, especially the big players.
Zlatan said the formation does not give him more freedom and it won’t get the best out of him. It’s best he does not play because he’s not performing, Pep is also egoistic, he benched Zlatan for 4 games in a row after that meeting.
Zlatan said he created fire afterwards, he started bringing his Ferrari to training and parking it in front of Pep’s office 😭.
He said when he went to Manchester United, Pep was at City and Pep will never look him in the eye.
I have been able to establish that Zlatan’s problem at Barcelona was Pep, he said it himself and this is the link. I don’t do GOAL, I do facts. (https://t.co/or7PLJDcxE)
How does Messi come into this?
Zlatan, in his book, said Messi spoke to Pep about switching formations, this formation switch is what affected him. He was playing better in the previous formation, and scoring. This new formation meant he had no freedom and that’s what he said on Piers Morgan, he went to see Pep.
This thing Zlatan said is what you guys have been running with.
You & I are not privy to the conversation Messi had with Pep. Both parties have never addressed this before to give their side of the story, if they have, you can share me a link of them saying it just like I shared you that link (not screenshots from GOAL please, be serious for once). If any of their mates have addressed this before, please share too. Again, Zlatan’s issue at Barcelona was with Pep right from day 1 of driving a Ferrari, this has nothing to do with Messi.
Let’s assume Messi spoke to Pep on changing formation, and Pep agreed, it’s on Pep and he’s the manager. Messi speaking to his manager is normal, just like Zlatan going to speak with Pep. If you listen to the video I attached of Salah, he clearly mentions he spoke to Slot on not defending, and he will still speak to Slot for them to adapt their formation because oppositions are finding out.
Players are in constant communication with their managers. Whatever they spoke about, Pep is the manager not Messi.
Easy with your bragging too, telling me you don’t just write and no one should dare you to bring evidences. After spending hours in your research, you even slept overnight, and the source you could reference is “Goal”😭
Listen to Zlatan talk about why he loves Messi so much, this was few days ago by the way
https://t.co/WuRk0yMMCF
Another
https://t.co/8GnKRHMDck
Stop creating issues where there’s none.
You will never see Messi playing and scoring as a sole striker without needing 50+ touches and without dropping deep.
Why? Because he is a limited footballer who needs a certain system to cater his limited abilities + teammates sacrifice themselves to hide his weaknesses.