because of the inflexible financial fair play but those were rules everyone knew existed. the main, the main reason, as we stand, last season, 110% of the money coming in, 110% went to wages, that means technically they are bankrupt, this is wages, they have lots of expenses, so basically the calculations were made and it was realised that keeping lionel messi, even though he would release 50% of his wages, that is the maximum they could ever have reduced his wages, people were saying could he play forfree? it is illegal to do that. barcelona said would you release your wages, 50% and he said he would cut but it was not enough but i insist, having listened to him, the club should have done more. could there be a last minute miraculous twist of fate, you
allowed. it is the end of an era for many millions and millions of fans that have been brought up with the special football of barcelona and lionel messi who thought he would end his career at barcelona but financially, it was impossible. ifeel barcelona but financially, it was impossible. i feel they could have done better in terms of telling him, instead, his father was told on the phone by the president of barcelona that it was impossible and they could not keep him.- it was impossible and they could not keep him. when you look back could not keep him. when you look back at could not keep him. when you look back at the could not keep him. when you look back at the history - could not keep him. when you look back at the history of - could not keep him. when you j look back at the history of how all of this has happened, the financial mismanagement that has been going on at barcelona, how much of that is to blame for where we are right now? it s the biggest reason, really, even t
emotional goodbye to barcelona. we look at what his next move might be. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it is sam it is 8am in singapore, 4:30am in afghanistan. the taliban are gaining ground at a shocking speed. three northern afghan cities appear to have largely fallen to the islamist militants within hours of each other. you see on your screens, the biggest is kunduz, a city of more than a quarter of a million people. the provincial capitals are also largely in militant hands, in the latter, they have been freeing prisoners. this adds two others are captured on friday and
the taliban seize three more provincial capitals in afghanistan in the course of a day as they reject calls for a ceasefire. wildfires are continuing to burn on the greek island of avia. dozens of villages have been evacuated and ferries are on standby to bring more people to safety. the argentine footballer lionel messi has made a tearful farewell to barcelona, the spanish club he joined at the age of 13. messi has been at barcelona for more than 20 years, helping them win 34 trophies including ten spanish and four uefa champions league titles. barcelona said it was letting him go because it could not afford to pay his wages. the 34 year old did not say what he planned to do next, but acknowledged that a move to paris st germain was a possibility. he also expressed his deep affection for the club where he d spent so much of his life.
translation: many beautiful things happened to me here, | bad too, but all this helped me to grow, improve and made me the person i am today. we ve had very good moments, bad ones too, but the affection of the people has been constant i always felt it, the recognition, the love. i felt it towards them, too, and the club, and will do all my life, i hope. a little earlier, i was joined by spanish football expert, guillem balague. i asked him if barcelona had done everything within their power to keep their superstar. that is the question, isn t it, in fact, he himself said i did everything that i could to stay. he admitted, as we all know, he wanted to leave but he was not allowed, this year he wanted to stay and has not been