Argentina legend Hernan Crespo has said that if Lionel Messi really wanted to leave Barcelona, he should have employed a specialist to broker the deal and not his father.
Messi dropped a bombshell on the world game when he informed that Catalan side he wanted to quit Camp Nou.
The six-time Ballon d’Or winner believed there was a clause in his contract that would have allowed him to walk away for free, but Barca were unmoved and insisted that any club wishing to sign the forward would have to pay his full release fee of €700 million (£630m/$825m).