Lionel Messi does not see these two players fit to be in Barcelona’s playing XI and wants them to be either sold or benched soon.
Barcelona have not had the best of starts to their 2019-20 season. They lost their opening match of the La Liga to Athletic Bilbao and drew against Dortmund in their opening Champions league opener. They have since notched up 5 victories and 2 draws and losses each in all competitions.
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The win against Inter Milan provided them with some comfort but it will hardly be enough if the Bluagrana are to win the Champions League and La Liga this season. The Barcelona camp have been accused of their over-reliance on Lionel Messi once again despite spending huge in the summer.
Their talisman Lionel Messi has reportedly identified Barcelona’s problems and has urged the club to work and fix them as soon as possible if the club are to pose a credible challenge this season.
Lionel Messi does not see these two players fit to be in Barcelona’s playing XI
Barcelona captain Lionel Messi has reportedly pointed his finger towards a veteran player in the side and a new recruit. Messi believes that Sergio Busquets and Antoine Griezmann are not playing at a level required to represent Barcelona.
Per Fox Sports, Messi has even gone to the extent of asking the club to offload Sergio Busquets. He believes that the midfield is beginning to wear out with age. Messi wants a gradual phasing out of the Barcelona’s colossal defensive midfielder.
Diario Gol have also reported that Lionel Messi has been far from impressed with Antoine Griezmann’s performance so far with the Blaugrana. He feels that Griezmann’s haul of 3 goals from 9 matches have been beyond unsatisfactory; especially for someone who cost them 120 million euros.
Messi has stated that it feels like Barca play with 10 men when Griezmann is on the pitch. He has also stated his desire to bench him in the favour of Ousmane Dembele on the left wing instead.
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