Lionel Messi will decide what his future holds, not Barcelona, says Edmilson, with an all-time great considered to have earned the right to dictate where he will be playing his football in 2021-22.
The mercurial Argentine has spent his entire club career to date at Camp Nou, with a record-breaking spell in Catalunya lifting him to the very top of the global game.
The six-time Ballon d’Or winner has, however, been asking questions of the direction in which Barca are heading on and off the field.
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One push for the exits was blocked off over the summer, but the 33-year-old’s contract continues to run down and he will be free to speak with interested parties from January as he edges towards free agency.