Maradona Blasts Messi Over Olympics Farce

Maradona Blasts Messi Over Olympics Farce

Football legend, Diego Maradona, has blasted Lionel Messi for putting club before country and he believes the Barcelona star should have gone to the Olympics at all costs.

Messi faced a tough dilemma over the club v country debate with regards to Argetina’s Olympics and Barcelona’s pre-season and Champions League preliminaries.

The Blaugrana stopped the genius from going to China but Maradona believes Messi should have put his country first.

"You should never snub your country and you should always wear the jersey for life," Maradona told Marca.

"He should have put his Barcelona wages aside and play for his country."

It’s the second time within a week that Maradona has taken a swipe at Messi.

The 1986 World Cup winner recently stated that Messi needs to grow up and show some character.

Messi did state his ambition to play for his country in China but he was not able to overcome the Blaugrana’s resistance as the club shackled him with the Champions League in mind.