A "strange" message inside the Barcelona bus came Ibra, so Messi was afraid
A recent book revealed the details of a message of "fear" sent by Lionel Messi to his then coach, Pep Guardiola, after Zlatan Ibrahimovic joined Barcelona.
Barcelona signed with Ibrahimovic in the summer of 2009, in a move to strengthen the offensive line, which worried Messi at the time.
The new book, “Messi's Mystery,” stated that the Argentine star sent a "sad" text message to Pep Guardiola, as soon as he learned of the news of the Spanish coach's contract with Zlatan, who was at the height of his brilliance at the time.
"I am obviously not important to the team anymore," said Messi’s text message to Guardiola, according to the book written by Sebastian Vest and Alex Gillar.
The book mentioned that Messi sent the text message while he was with the coach on the team bus, because he could not approach the coach, and express the feelings of anxiety that he experienced at the time, face to face.
It is noteworthy that Messi expressed his concern after the decline in his level in some of the games that preceded the contract with Zlatan, which led him to believe that the Swedish striker came to replace him in the ranks of "Alblograna".
That season ended at that time with unprecedented brilliance from Messi, who scored 47 goals in 53 games, while Ibrahimovic scored 21 goals in 45 games before leaving quickly after one season to Milan
