"Barcelona tells me that Messi can not go and Messi has to go because it has less than 23 years," emphasized the president of the AFA, Julio Grondona, regarding the assignment to JJOO 
on Wednesday rejected any attempt to prevent his Barcelona star Lionel Messi play with the selection argentina in the next Olympics in Beijing.
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"Barcelona tells me that Messi can not go and Messi has to go because it has less than 23 years," stressed the leader in an interview with Radio Diez.

In the final hours emerged stronger versions on the Catalan club's refusal to cede to Messi, 21 years, and according to Argentine sports media would have placed as a condition not to travel to Beijing to improve the contract. PAS to win 8 million per year.

The Fifa asks clubs to stop involving players aged 23 and younger, but the regulation covers the greatest footballers to deny that age, that is not the case Messi.

The Olympic soccer tournament will be played between 7 and August 23. Argentina, champion at the 2004 Athens games, share group with Serbia, Australia and Ivory Coast.

By the same date, Barcelona seek classification to play the next Uefa Champions League.

The coach of the selection sub23 Sergio Batista already had difficulties to designate three players over the age of 23 that authorizes the Olympic rules: Gabriel Heinze (Real Madrid), Nicolas Burdisso (Inter), Martin Demichelis (Bayern Munich), Fabricio Coloccini ( Deportivo La Coruna) did not receive permission to go to Beijing.

The link Juan Roman Riquelme (Boca Juniors), Javier Mascherano wheel (Liverpool) and defender Nicholas Young (Anderlecht, Belgium) will eventually be the three largest campus.

"For there are looking to Argentina and Brazil have problems that go with players and less power to see if they win," said Grondona when he consulted on the obstacles that put European clubs.

"Spend that in Europe there is passion for money and not passion for football," fired.

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