He finishes his contract, mentally he is not comfortable and his football has run out of partners. Of the 16 goals scored in 2020, seven have been set pieces and of the nine have been assisted by Iván Rakitic, Arturo Vidal and Luís Suárez. All three have left the club, at almost zero cost, in the past market leaving the Argentinean without confidants outside the court or partners inside.
The happiness of Messi, his football needs the naturalness of the day to day and the confidence of the group. This has been reflected throughout his career. The figures are even more evident if we go to last season. Messi scored thirty-one goals. Five of them were from free kicks and another five from penalties. Of the twenty-one goals, three were of those scored by Messi and nothing else. Just him.
Of the remaining eighteen goals, six were assisted by Luís Suárez, four by Rakitic and two by Arturo Vidal. The three of them are now out of the club. One more, by Riqui Puig, to whom they wanted to loan and there are only two left by Griezmann, one by De Jong and one by Jordi Alba. The own Barça has disconnected to Messi, without its facilitators everything is more complicated since now it is only Messi, only him facing everything and everybody.