Lionel Messi’s cousin Maxi Biancucchi has shared his desire to see his cousin playing for another team but does not think that he will move to Italy.
In the past few weeks reports have suggested that Messi could leave Barcelona after his relations with the club’s management deteriorated as a result of discussions relating to squad-wide salary reductions due to the Coroanvirus crisis.
Inter are a club to have been strongly linked with signing the multi-time world player of the year as have Superliga Argentina side Newell’s Old Boys, the club whose academy Barcelona signed him from some 20 years ago now.
“The truth is that this is something very personal, no-one else knows,” Biancucchi remarked in an interview with Italian news outlet FootballNews24.it.
“Personally, I would love to see him play for another team, as many of his fans would like, to prove to those who claim that Messi is only good for Barcelona that they are wrong. The truth is that genes like his can play well anywhere.
“Honestly, I don’t see him in Italy. Any opinion of mine will arouse suspicion but, like I said before, the decision is his alone.
“My dream, if I have to be honest, is to see him wearing the Newell’s Old Boys shirt.”
Messi has spent his entire senior career with the Blaugrana club and has just over a year left to run on his contract with the club.
This season he has made 31 appearances, in which he has scored 24 goals and provided 16 assists.
