Lionel Messi was going to be the hottest transfer in the summer window. The fans were anticipating a lengthy transfer saga with FC Barcelona, Al Hilal, and Inter Miami in the race. Meanwhile, the Argentine didn’t take long to decide on his future.

He studied all the offers and announced to join David Beckham’s Inter Miami. Messi shocked everyone by ditching a billion-dollar three-year offer from the Saudi club. However, many fans think the Blaugrana didn’t make enough efforts, and now the brother of the Argentine debutant has taken a dig at the Spanish champions over the Lionel Messi saga. 

Alejandro Garnacho’s brother hits out at Barcelona

The former Barcelona talisman wanted a return to the Spanish club after his PSG contract ended. But the economic condition of the Catalan giant didn’t allow the reunion. FC Barcelona is in a financial mess and had to present a viability plan to La Liga for new signings. The Spanish league gave the OK to the proposal, but Barcelona needed a few more steps to sign Messi.

Barcelona needed to sell a few players and bring down the salary cap. It wasn’t acceptable for Messi, as he went through the same situation before his heartbreaking departure to PSG. He announced to join Inter Miami and stopped all the discussion about his future. However, the Barcelona-Messi saga led to the fans taking sly digs at the Blaugrana club.

And now Alejandro Garnacho’s brother is added to the list. He took to Twitter and posted a pic of Lionel Messi with the Manchester United starlet and other teammates before the friendly against Australia. He captioned the pic, “No way my brother is closer to Messi than poor Barcelona has been.”  He didn’t hold back and trolled Barcelona for failing Messi again after the 2021 saga.  

Garnacho makes his international debut alongside Lionel Messi

The Manchester United starlet was born in Madrid, Spain. And hence he was eligible to play for Spain as well as Argentina, as his mother is Argentine. Meanwhile, he decided long ago he will be representing Argentina. Garnacho has played for Spain U-18 and Argentina U-20, and now the 18-year-old made his debut for Lionel Scaloni’s side.

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Scaloni named the United starlet on the roster for friendlies against Australia and Indonesia. He started the game on the bench but came in as a substitute in the 74th minute, marking his debut for Argentina. With this, the United starlet became one of the players to play with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. And that too at 18. 

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Do you think Lionel Messi could have returned to Spain had Barcelona pushed for the move?