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- Tobias KrentscherTuesday, September 1, 2020 – 3:47 pm
The Messi Theater continues. The superstar willing to change did not appear this Monday at FC Barcelona training. Assume that your contract is no longer valid. Manchester City are preparing an offer for the superstar that will include payment of a € 100 million transfer fee and a player.
Ronald Koeman assembled his new team for training on Monday. Lionel Messi did not participate in the activities. The superstar still seems to be assuming that he will no longer be an official FC Barcelona player after his resignation letter.
It became a disaster in no time. Messi looks right, the Argentine side insists that the term of the clause (June 10) is no longer applicable due to the crown pandemic and the distorted end of the season. LaLiga and Barcelona affirm, however: Messi’s contract is valid.
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ONDA CERO and TYC SPORTS now oppose this. According to the Spanish radio station and the Argentine pay television station, Messi’s contract contains the phrase: “The sum (release clause, editor’s note) does not apply if the contract is terminated by unilateral decision of the player since the end of the season. 2019/20. “
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And yet: According to various Spanish media, Messi faces penalties if he persists in not showing up for team training. Among other things, Barça could retain up to 25 percent of his salary. Whether the Spanish runner-up would even take this step is open.
There is no indication that the parties will meet in the near future. Instead, they could see each other again in court soon. President Josep Mario Bartomeu, considered by many to be the root of all evil, continues to force a conversation with Messi’s father-advisor, Jorge. An interview was recently declined.
Manchester City offers 100 million euros and Eric Garica
Messi wants to leave Barça and join Manchester City. Father Jorge Messi supposedly passed it on to the Blaugrana. As L’EQUIPE reports, PSG sporting director Leonardo also received the information from Jorge Messi that his son sees himself wearing the Manchester jersey in the future.
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If Messi’s contract remains in force until 2021, as Barça and LaLiga assume, ManCity would have to withdraw the 700 million clause – but it is not to be expected – or agree on a transfer fee with Barça.
Recently, the specialized newspaper SPORT presented an offer of 100 million euros, plus Gabriel Jesús, Bernardo Silva and Eric García as “barter goods”. According to information from the TIMES, the Cityzens do not want to offer as much.
City should want to pay a € 100 million transfer fee, but not add any service providers like Gabriel Jesus or Bernardo Silva to the top. The central defender Eric García (19, contract until 2021), on the other hand, is willing to leave the Catalans.
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The defender already had a contract with Barça in his youth. Now he wants to go back. He is considered Barcelona’s dream player for central defense. García has the confidence of Barcelona’s sports management to take over the legacy of defense chief Gerard Piqué (33).
Manchester City should also be ready to engage left-back Angelino (23, contract until 2023), who was last loaned out to Champions League semi-finalist RB Leipzig in a bonus deal for Messi.
