De Jong Said, Messi Is Still In The WA Group For Barcelona Players

JAKARTA - Lionel Messi is still a member of the WhatsApp group for Barcelona players. This was conveyed by midfielder Frenkie de Jong on the Football Espana page.

The first team squad has a WA group consisting of only first team players where players who move to other clubs usually leave this WA group.

Even though the news of Messi's departure from the club to dominate the world of Spanish football and outside Spain, the Argentine star is still part of the Barcelona player chat group.

The Argentine superstar is now in a position that is no longer under contract with Barcelona and is therefore not obliged to fulfill any contractual agreement including training and matches.

FIFA is reportedly going to intervene in the agreement regarding his future.

Messi has scored 634 goals in 731 official appearances for Barcelona, but his time at Barcelona now looks like it is over and he is dominating Barcelona's transfer market this summer.

"I hope Messi is still there (in Barcelona) when I return, but it's not something I can control, but yes, he is still in the group (chat)," De Jong said at a press conference reported by Antara on Wednesday.

De Jong also commented on his former partner at Ajax, Donny van de Beek, who is said to be moving to Manchester United soon.

De Jong's comments about vam de Beek's move to the Red Devils were "it's a big step for him and I'm very excited."