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Relations between the club and the players have been strained since Messi decided to leave Barcelona. The two sides sat down for talks on Wednesday to end the deadlock. The Argentine star was represented by his father and agent Jorge Messi, his brother Rodrigo and a lawyer. In the meeting, which lasted approximately an hour and a half, the Catalan club was represented by the president Josep Maria Bartomeu and the civil servant Javier Bordas.
According to media reports, no decision has been reached at this stage of the talks. Of course, they can sit down again later, there are strong indications.
Messi wants to leave the Camp Nou in free transfer by implementing a clause in the contract. However, Barcelona claims that the deadline to implement the clause expired on June 10. As a result, under the deal, he will either have to stay until the end of the 2020-21 season, or he will have to pay a total of 600 million euros for the buyout clause.
After arriving in Barcelona on Wednesday from Argentina, Messi’s father commented that it was difficult for his son’s club to stay in Barcelona. However, after the meeting, a journalist asked Jorge Messi if Messi would leave as a ‘free agent’ at the end of the 2020-21 season next year. .
A journalist from the Argentine television channel TYC Sports sees the possibility of Messi staying in Barcelona for the 2020-21 season.
“Messi has a 90 percent chance of staying in Barcelona. Messi is considering whether it would be the right decision to leave Barcelona at the end of the contract.”
Meanwhile, Messi’s cousin Bianculio does not see the possibility of his apparent departure from Barcelona.
“I’m not sure that Messi can leave Barcelona.”
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