Lionel Messi admits he had ‘a very bad time in the summer’ as Barcelona star

Lionel Messi has sensationally lifted the lid on his summer of anguish at Barcelona. 

The Argentine club legend’s hour-long interview is to be televised in Spain on December 27 but part of it has already been teased. 

Messi is apparently candid about his turmoil at the Nou Camp over recent months but the tone changed to one of optimism with him committed again to win all he can at Barcelona this season. 

Lionel Messi has conducted an interview about his Barcelona turmoil in the summer

The Barcelona talisman opened up over an hour-long interview about his recent struggles

He said: ‘The truth is that today I’m fine. It’s true that I had a very bad time in the summer. 

‘It came from before. What happened before the summer, because of how the season ended, the burofax and all that … Then I dragged him a bit at the beginning of the season. 

‘But today I’m fine and I feel like fighting seriously for everything that lies ahead, excited. 

‘And excited. I know that the club is going through a difficult time, at club level and team, and everything that surrounds Barcelona becomes difficult but I’m looking forward to it.’

The Argentine is optimistic about the future and says he feels fine now about his situation  

The situation with Messi pushing to leave the club he is synonymous with has become an all-consuming issue for them. 

The burofax referred to by the 33-year-old in the snippet of interview was in reference to his transfer demands sent to Barcelona. 

Messi and his representatives believed a clause in his contract would allow him to leave for nothing, given the extended season due to the coronavirus crisis.   

Barcelona maintained that the clause in question expired on June 10 and given that it was not activated by that deadline, any club would have to pay the £630million release clause to sign him. 

After much wrangling, both publicly and privately, Messi opted not to push the matter further and chose to stay, with his contract still expiring next summer. 

No doubt Barcelona fans will be tuning in in their droves to listen to what Messi has to say

Messi and Co have been struggling this season and are way off the pace in LaLiga 

His father had a meeting with then-president Josep Bartomeu, who was a significant part of the problem…