Argentina's Lionel Messi has been called a 'sewer rat' and a 'hormonal dwarf' by a former board member of FC Barcelona.
The comments were reportedly made in a WhatsApp group that had former President Josep Bartomeu, former CEO Oscar Grau and other ex-board members including financial director Pancho Schroder and directory of Strategy and Innovation Javier Sobrino.
According to reports, the messages read:
"Barto, really, you can't be such a good person with this sewer rat. The club has given him everything and he has dedicated himself to marking a dictatorship of signings, transfers, renewals, sponsorships just for him, etc."
"Above all the accumulation of blackmail and rudeness that the club and those of us who work (for it) have suffered from this hormonal dwarf who owes Barca his life... ah! But when things go wrong (Covid-19) you receive the mythical WhatsApp: 'President, lower the salaries of others, but don't touch Luis (Suarez) and me."
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