Lionel Messi's family member responds to Diego Maradona damaging remarks about the Barcelona star

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- Football legend Diego Maradona has slammed Barcelona star Lionel Messi again

- Messi has struggled to inspire Argentina's Albiceleste in recent years

- The Barca star who has not played for Argentina in recent time and has been repeatedly criticised by Maradona

The disagreement between Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi seems to be continuing after a member of Messi's family replied the Albiceleste legend recent remarks about the Barcelona playmaker.

According to a Daily Star report citing an interview on Mexican programme 'La Ultima Palabra', Maradona blasted Messi for not doing enough for Argentina.national team both in play and leadership.

"He does ask for it on the pitch, but before speaking to teammates he'll go and play the Playstation," Maradona was quoted on the programme early last week.

Lionel Messi's family replies Diego Maradona damaging remarks about the Barcelona star
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"For me it's difficult to talk, but it's pointless wanting to make a man who goes to the bathroom 20 times before a match into the leader," Maradona further remarked.

In recent time, Argentina football followers have found the 31-year-old Messi guilty of not giving his best for the Albiceleste side when compared to his performances at Spanish giants Barcelona.

And at the summer World Cup in Russia, the South American nation failed to progress beyond the last 16 rounds after suffering a defeat against eventual champions France.

However, Messi's cousin, Maxi Biancucchi have had enough of Maradona's jibe and decided to respond to his latest comments..

"It's ignorant to discredit Leo," Biancucchi noted, even as he was quick to add. 'It's sad to see how someone who boasts of being a leader can talk so badly about a player who's currently the best we've got and will probably be so for a long time yet.

"And he's done it at a time when he should be helping to rebuild if he loves the national side as he says he does."

The Albiceleste legend Maradona also 'attacked' Messi for throwing up, due to tension ahead of important games, stressing the need to do away with the Barcelona playmaker.

"There’s no two ways about it. Let’s stop making a god out of Messi. Messi is just another player for Argentina.

"There's a need to take the leadership away from Messi, as we want him to be Messi, which he wouldn't be," noted the 57-year-old Maradona, who is currently managing, Mexican second division campaigners Dorados.

Argentina legend Diego Maradona has repeatedly criticised the Barcelona star Lionel Messi
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Interestingly, since Argentina's exit at the Mundial, Messi has blacked out Argentina games so far and no words yet when he return to action for the Albiceleste again.

Meanwhile, NAIJ.com previously had reported that Barcelona captain and playmaker Lionel Messi rejected a massive triple wage increase to dump dump Nou Camp for the Etihad Stadium.

According to a UK Sun report citing Spanish news outlet Mundo Deportivo, Manchester City's chief Khaldoon al Mubarak, disclosed that he handed the task to get the Argentine star at all cost to manager Pep Guardiola.

But the five-time world's best player snubbed the advances by City to sign an extension at the catalan outfit.

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