The Catalans’ interest in the midfielder, whose family are unhappy in England, led to him being left out of the Liverpool team to face Manchester City on Monday, and he will miss tonight’s Europa League clash at Trabzonspor as well.
And Messi said: “Javier won’t play for the club again, I can assure you of that, and I think the Liverpool coach knows that now.
“Javier’s family are unhappy and the pressure of seeing that is making him depressed. Liverpool must act humanely and let him go.”
Mascherano has confirmed his desire to leave to the club but the Reds are unimpressed by what they see as derisory £12-16m bids for a player they paid £18m to pluck from the obscurity of West Ham's reserves three years ago and will not allow a prized asset to removed from the club on the cheap.
Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson admitted after defeat at Eastlands, "“The fee we are being offered and the fee we think is the correct fee are very, very far apart.
"Unless that can be resolved he might be unhappy here for a long time to come.”
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