The coach of Rosario’s Newell’s Old Boys, former Argentine international player Gabriel Heinze, said on Thursday that the threat by a group of drug traffickers to Leo Messi and his family was “distancing” the Rosario star from his country of origin.
“This pays attention to everything, to everyone and to everything that this is. Of course, this drives Leo and anyone else away. We are talking about this because he is Leo, but there are also many boys who would like to return (to Argentina). “, asserted Heinze in a press appearance.
The former soccer player, who was with Messi in the dressing room at La Albiceleste between 2005 and 2010, described as “madness” what happened in the early hours of Thursday, when a supermarket belonging to the family of Antonela Rocuzzo was shot up, Messi’s wife, in Rosario. by a group of drug traffickers
In addition to the shots, a message dedicated to the captain of the Argentine team was found on the spot: “Messi we are waiting for you, (the mayor of Rosario, Pablo) Javkin is also a drug trafficker, he will not- care. of you.”
“We talk about the fact that he is our player, also because of the relationship I have (with Messi), but all this is madness and it makes you think about many things,” said Heinze.
“An irresponsible return”
The former player of Manchester United, Real Madrid, Olympique de Marseille and Roma, among other teams, returned to his home country in 2015 to coach Godoy Cruz, an “irresponsible” decision, he said, for not considering the level of insecurity in Argentina .
“It is irresponsible on my part, but it is the truth, I did not think about it. The decision led me to other things, but I recognize that it was irresponsible on my part,” emphasized the technical director of Newell’s.
End of career at Newell’s?
The Rosario club, where Messi played the lower categories before moving to Barcelona, have been mentioned as one of the possible destinations for the departure of the ‘Flea’ from the playing fields.
Rosario, where Messi usually celebrates the Christmas holidays and owns a house in a private neighborhood with his family, is considered to be the city most affected by violence in Argentina, especially the action of drug gangs.
Source: La Verdad
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