Lionel Messi will stay with Barcelona according to reports from Argentina’s media. TyC Sports – who broke the story about Messi’s burofax to Barcelona – now claim he will stay with the Catalan giants.
It follows a morning of claim and counter-claim from Messi’s agent – his father Jorge – and La Liga.
Messi has claimed that there is a clause in his contract allowing him to leave for free at the end of a season. This claim has been rebuffed by both Barcelona and La Liga who say his €700million release clause is still in play.
“We do not know what contract you have analysed and one what grounds you conclude that there is a rescission clause applicable in the case of him deciding to unilaterally end his contract from the end of the 2019/20 season,” read a statement from Jorge Messi on Friday.
It continued with a broadside at La Liga president, Javier Tebas, “As clause 8.2.3.6 of the contract signed between the club and the player explicitly says: ‘This indemnity will not apply when the player’s decision to unilaterally rescind the contract is effective from the end of the 2019/2020 season’.
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“It is obvious that the compensation of 700 million euros provided in the previous clause is not applicable at all.”
La Liga shot back almost immediately, saying the Messis’ interpretation of that release clause is wrong, adding, “This said response reveals and confirms that the interpretation has been decontextualized and that it is far from the literal nature of the contract.”
“La Liga reiterate the statement released on August 30.”
TyC Sports now say that Messi has had a Mr. Burns-esque change-of-heart, adding the 33-year old “does not want to leave in the middle of a legal scandal at the club of his life, where he grew up and has been for 20 years.”
Messi believes a legal case could impact on wherever he would want to go, and will now stay at the Camp Nou for one more season.
His stay has been confirmed by Transfer Guru Fabrizio Romano. According to Romano, Messi is going to stay with Barcelona till 2021.
Leo Messi to make it official: he’s going to stay at Barcelona on next season after the club refusing to sell him for less than €700m. ? #Messi #FCB #Barcelona https://t.co/o6FDNretUg
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) September 4, 2020
