Former President Bartomeu and 4 Barca officials were arrested by the police, the reason for "smearing Messi"

According to the initial disclosure, Bartomeu and his colleagues were accused of being involved in the 'Barcagate' case - organizing a campaign to smea.r Lionel Messi, Gerard Pique or former players like Xavi, Carles Puyol... Expressive faces The statue of the Camp Nou has vehemently criticized Bartomeu's operating policies during his time in office.

The Spanish media simultaneously reported that the police had just stormed into the Barcelona club's headquarters at Camp Nou to conduct an emergency search. In addition to collecting documents and evidence, law enforcement also arrested former Barcelona president Josep Bartomeu, CEO Oscar Grau, director of the legal department Roman Gomez Ponti and Bartomeu's adviser Jaume. Masferrer.

According to the initial disclosure, Bartomeu and his colleagues were accused of being involved in the 'Barcagate' case - organizing a campaign to smea.r Lionel Messi, Gerard Pique or former players like Xavi, Carles Puyol... Expressive faces The statue of the Camp Nou has vehemently criticized Bartomeu's operating policies during his time in office.

More specifically, Bartomeu directed his trusted officials to hire a private company called I3 Ventures to conduct "dirty media" targeting dissidents. The amount spent on this plan amounted to 1 million euros, many times more than the price for a regular media campaign.

In addition, the former hea.d of the Camp Nou stadium was also involved in corrupt acts. In July last year, the police also searched Barca headquarters and made the above accusations.

Under the pressure of criticism, especially the case related to the 'burofax' version of Lionel Messi's departure, Bartomeu decided to resign at the en.d of October 2020. But the businessman was later said to have been behind the strings of the pro-Barca newspaper, El Mundo, to publicize Messi's income.

In a week, the election for the President of Barca will take place. The bad financial situation and the arrest scandal of Bartomeu and 4 officials will make the picture at Camp Nou more chaotic and dark.

Before that, the 1-4 defeat to PSG was like a 'knife' to en.d Lionel Messi's future in Barcelona, in the midst of an empty Camp Nou, silent and dull. Although there are still 90 minutes of the second leg, the most optimistic cules (Barcelona fans) are hard to believe in a miracle that will come again, like how Leo and his teammates once went upstream against PSG himself 4 years ago. year. This may be the last time at Camp Nou, fans will see Messi wearing Barca colors in the Champions League. Next summer, the Argentinian star's contract will expire and with the rather dark situation at Barca at the moment, he will most likely leave. If that happens, it's a pity that Leo's last steps are full of fatigue

Messi and his teammates got off to a good start on a memorable evening. It was La Pulga who celebrated with excitement when opening the scoring in the 27th minute with a successful penalty kick.

But then, after that time, Messi was just a faint star. He set the stage for a future superstar, Kylian Mbappe, who shined brightly with a classy hat-trick. Messi's subsequent efforts to finish were not effective. Leo proved too lost and his efforts alone were not enough to carry Barca to turn the situation. Since the 2014/2015 championship, Messi has not been able to win one more prestigious club tournament with Barca. And that pain may en.d at the en.d of this season with a goodbye...

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