If Carles Tusquets had been running Barcelona during this past summer's soap opera, Lionel Messi would be wearing a different jersey right now.
The interim president, who stepped in after Josep Bartomeu and the board of directors resigned in late October, said that, financially speaking, selling Messi would have been the wise move and one he would have taken.
Messi requested to leave the only club he's ever known as a professional last summer. His ask came after the club's first trophy-less season since 2007-2008, and he believed he could leave for free despite having a year to run on his contract based on an agreement he'd reached with Bartomeu.