Messi cannot accept squad rotation - Belletti

Lionel Messi has never been
able to accept the need for
squad rotation, according to
former Barcelona full-back
Juliano Belletti.
Fresh speculation has emerged
this week about the attacker's future after he started on
the bench for the 1-0 defeat to Real Sociedad last
weekend.
The Argentina star has grown frustrated with life under
Luis Enrique and president Josep Maria Bartomeu, who has
brought forward club elections to this year, is reportedly
prepared to wield the axe in order to placate the forward.
Belletti, who scored the winning goal in the 2006
Champions League final, says Messi has never accepted
being left out of the starting line-up - even though it is a
vital part of managing a squad in modern football.
"Messi doesn't like being on the bench," he said as a
pundit on Arena SporTV. "He doesn't accept rotation,
which, in the long term, is important.
"When I was at Barcelona, I saw him have discussions with
the coaching staff because he didn't want to miss a game."
Belletti does feel, however, that Messi has earned the right
to certain "privileges" at the club given the enormous
success he has helped to bring to Camp Nou.
"The Barcelona of today is Messi. If they've won so many
titles, it was because of the high standards Messi offered.
It seems normal to me that he'd have certain privileges,"
he added.
"If he wants to play, to keep a calm atmosphere, you
should let him play."
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