Messi asks a Barça player to leave (and as soon as possible)

With a foot and a half outside FC Barcelona . Javier Mascherano already told the club a few weeks ago his intention to leave the club in the next winter market.

The ' Jefecito' already wanted to go out in the summer. With Íñigo Martínez in the culé orbit and with three other centers in the team, the central saw that he was not going to have minutes and preferred to go to another club where he had enough opportunities to earn a place in the National Team of Argentina in the World Cup. 2018 .

But from the club they asked the defender to continue. They promised him the necessary minutes and opportunities. On the other hand, Leo Messi preferred to keep it as a companion that did not welcome a new one .

From titular to habitual substitute

But the passage of the months has relegated him to a secondary, or even tertiary role. Before falling injured in the last round with the combined albiceleste, Mascherano barely had minutes and when he played was in the less important matches.

The situation led the footballer to decide to find a way out and he soon communicated it to the club's managers, to whom he transferred a firm offer from the Chinese SuperLiga . A decision that has not changed despite the injury of Samuel Umtiti . And as soon as Samuel recovers, Javier knows he will return to the bench.

Messi wants the best Mascherano

So much so that even Messi himself has suggested to the center that he leave the club as soon as possible. He already told him a few weeks ago, as well as asked him not to be persuaded by the club's leaders with Umtiti's resignation .

Leo wants Macherano to go to China , where he will gain minutes and confidence to reach the international event. The World Cup is the great obsession of Messi and he wants all his teammates in the National Team at the highest level. 

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