JOR FAULT Lionel Messi’s dad and his ‘bad advice’ blamed for shock Barcelona transfer U-turn by ex-Real Madrid ace Hugo Sanchez

 LIONEL MESSI'S dad and his "bad advice" are the reason behind the Argentine's shock Barcelona transfer U-turn, according to Hugo Sanchez.

The former Real Madrid hero, 62, took a swipe at Jorge Messi, who has been handling negotiations with the Nou Camp side since his son informed them he wanted out.

Messi Jr, 33, was desperate to be let go after failings on the pitch and serious fallouts off it with the club hierarchy.

But after Jorge was unable to reach an agreement in his showdown talks with president Josep Maria Bartomeu, Messi withdrew the request and agreed to stay put for the final year of his contract.

Sanchez, though, reckons a better agent rather than his own dad would have seen Messi get his way.

The 208-goal Los Blancos hero told ESPN: "That untimely burofax only strengthened the image of the president of Barcelona and gave him time to weaken Messi's decision.

"Messi has had no choice but to stay at Barcelona due to bad advice from his father and the law firm, because they could have saved that burofax.

"That has caused weakness to his image within the team.

"Coincidentally, Messi had the lawyers who had previously worked with Barcelona, but due to a conflict of interest, the Catalan club changed its strategy."

Jorge coached his son at Grandoli in Rosario - Lionel's first club - but since then has always been in control of Messi's off-field matters, right from when he first moved to Barcelona.