One of the most famous and sought football players in the world is the Argentine Lionel Messi, and for these days is the protagonist of a major controversy involving the most powerful sports associations.
Lionel is part of Argentine national team and his couch had hoped to have the Barcelona player for Olympics Games in Beijing, but the club doesn’t want that Lio goes to competition.
FIFA requested to the Barcelona that allows Messi be part of the Argentina team, but so far the Spanish club has not agreed to this request.
So far is not found a solution, but now many players from European clubs have had to decline his invitation to the Olympics, and if Barcelona allows Messi to go to this competition will be set a very important precedent.