After Argentine sources exploded the “shocking” news that
Lionel Messi had informed his team Barcelona of his desire to
leave, the Catalan club finally confirmed the news.
According to the Associated Press, Barcelona, Spain, has
confirmed that it has already received a telegram from Messi,
informing them of his desire to leave the team immediately.
According to European sources, the main dilemma lies in
Messi’s desire to leave immediately and for free, by activating
the “release of contract” clause in his contract with the team.
But Barcelona indicated that the “termination of contract” clause
expired last June, and if the player wants to move now, whoever
buys him must pay 700 million euros to terminate the contract.
Messi’s contract with the Catalan club included a “termination of
contract” clause that allows him to leave immediately and for
free, whenever he wants to, but according to Barcelona, this
paragraph expired in June.
Journalist Fabrizio Romano said that Messi told Barcelona that
he wanted to activate immediate “termination of contract”, even
if his authority had expired in June.
Messi may try to resort to the judiciary, to activate the contract,
especially since the circumstances of the Corona virus forced
the season to end in August, which means that the terms of his
contract must continue until August, and not expire in June.
The Argentine star was scheduled to make his decision on
whether to stay or leave on Tuesday, after a modest season for
the team, which ended in a “humiliating” defeat at the hands of
Bayern Munich, 2-8 in the Champions League.
The news represents a great shock to Barcelona fans in
particular, and football fans in general, especially since the best
player in the world 6 times, wore the Barcelona shirt since the
age of 14, and did not represent any other team during his busy
career in the stadiums.
