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The time has finally come. Lionel Messi is expected to make his decision
whether to remain at Barcelona for the pre-season of join up with Argentina
for the Olympics.
The young “Messiah” has been caught in an unsavoury tug of war between club
and country as both FA’s are chasing his services for respective
competitions.
Barcelona wants him to remain at the club so that he can participate in the
pre-season friendlies and eventually in the qualifying round of the Champions
League, while his country, Argentina, is desperate to have him in the
national set-up for the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games.
The player himself has already stated his intentions of going to China for
the summer games, but the Barça board have other ideas and they appear to be
doing everything to ensure the 21 year old boards their flight, literally.
The Barcelona squad will gather at El Prat airport at 0915 hours on Monday
where they will depart for Scotland to begin their pre-season training.
On the same day, the Argentine national team will fly out at 2105 hours to
Tokyo, where they will play a friendly on the 29th of July in preparation for
the Olympics.
The Blaugrana have been in constant talks with both the AFA (Argentine
Football Association) and FIFA to reach an immediate resolution, but there
seems to be no end in sight.
Barça, however, have been thrown a lifeline after Jacque Rogge, president of
the Olympic International Committee (OIC), brought up the point that it is
not absolutely compulsory for clubs to release their players to the national
team as the football in the Olympics is not an official FIFA tournament.
Should Messi choose the Tokyo flight on Monday, he will be unavailable for
Barcelona until the 24th of August, just one week before the La Liga campaign
kicks off.
Stay tuned for the outcome!
KS Leong
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