The presidential candidate of FC Barcelona proposes to summarize Neymar and give the Camp Nou the name of Lionel Messi

We must not wait for the death or retirement of the Barça forward to honor him, he assures, as he is the player “who has signed the most brilliant pages of this club”.

Emili Rousaud, one of the presidential candidates of Barcelona FC, proposed holding a referendum to rename the Camp Nou as ‘Lionel Messi’, provided that the footballer sign a new contract for next yearlocal media reported.

“We will ask the members if they want the Camp Nou to be named after Messi, because he is the player who signed the brightest pages of this club. We do not have to wait for the retirement or death of a star to honor him”, the candidate expressed himself this Thursday during the exhibition of his project, which he titled “Els millors, al Barça!” (“The best, in Barça!”).

Another of the strategies proposed by Rousaud – who hopes to replace former Barcelona president Josep Bartomeu, who resigned earlier this year along with the rest of the board – is to sign the footballer Neymar as one of the two. “best players”.

“I would be willing to bring Neymar back on condition that he withdraws his case against Barça,” said the candidate, referring to the three requests that the Brazilian forward has made.

On 25 August, Barça striker Lionel Messi surprised the world by sending a burofax to the council to notify his desire to leave the club a year before ending his contract for the 2019/20 season.

In the end, Messi decided to stay another year and keep his work commitment, which will end in June 2021 “.I would never go to court against the club of my lifeThat’s why I will stay at Barcelona “, explained the Argentine star in an interview with Goal, last September.