Javier Mascherano says he’s glad that Lionel Messi stayed at Barcelona and couldn’t really imagine the club without the GOAT.
Messi has confirmed he will continue at the Camp Nou despite informing Barca in August that he wanted to leave after almost two decades.
The captain also made his frustration at the club and president Josep Maria Bartomeu pretty clear, and Mascherano says he would not have liked to see Messi leave on bad terms.
“It is difficult to imagine Messi outside the club. He is the most important player in the history of Barcelona.