La Liga president believes Messi would ‘damage his reputation’ if he leaves Barcelona | OneFootball

Javier Tebas, La Liga’s president, spoke in an interview with AFP. The 58-year-old believes that even though the Spanish league appreciated Lionel Messi’s greatness for quite some time, the Argentine needs to think about what he will do in the future.

Messi was close to an exit from Barcelona in the summer transfer market, but decided to stay because he did not want to take his issue with president Josep-Maria Bartomeu’s management to court.

According to Tebas, Messi did the correct thing by staying, as the chief thinks that the 33-year-old would have ‘damaged his reputation’ if he decided to leave.

Tebas believes that it is not players that define a League, but rather the League itself, referring to the departures of Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar Jr.

It remains unknown whether Lionel Messi will stay in the Spanish competition after this season, but Culés are confident that the Argentine can be convinced with a new board — which is on its way with the ‘vote of no confidence’ against Bartomeu.