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Despite the negatives of Barcelona, It seems that Lionel Messi’s squad got what they wanted: a meeting with President Josep Maria Bartomeu to try to negotiate a friendly exit from the club, without having to go to the pitch or pay the impossible amount of 700 million euros (R $ 4.5 billion) of the buyout clause.
That’s what the newspaper publishes Sports world this sunday night
According to the Spanish newspaper, Jorge Messi, father of the 10 shirt, will leave Rosario, Argentina, for Barcelona earlier this week to meet Bartomeu. The meeting, not yet scheduled, should take place on Wednesday, when the parties will try to reach a middle ground that today seems distant, according to the report of the Sports world.
“Messi’s father arrives with clear ideas. Jorge Messi hopes to get the president’s understanding, explaining that his son prefers to leave, since he is exhausted by the failures in Champions League, with the humiliating 8 to 2 for the Bayern Munich, and he wants to look for a new project that has more options to win titles ”, highlights the newspaper.
“Meanwhile, the president also has a clear position. No matter how much they say, he does not want to hear or talk about Messi’s departure. He accepts the bad moment of the club, but he wants to reconsider the squad and does not plan to lose his greatest assets. A lot less free. Bartomeu even wants to extend the contract that ends in 2021 “, concludes the article.
The possible meeting next Wednesday does not change the difficulty of the negotiation, not even because of the firmness of Messi’s positions, who didn’t even show up for medical exams with the rest of the cast, e Barcelona.
While the player relies on a clause that would release him from the club in the last year of his contract, the Spanish team stomp your foot to be compensated with the full value of the clause.
Who is directly interested in the situation is the Manchester city, treated as Messi’s favorite destination. The Argentine called Pep Guardiola, coach of the English team, to make clear his desire to act in the Premier league and under your command again.
The City hopes that the situation between Messi and Barcelona develops to make some movement. According to the ESPN, the club has a plan to guarantee the hiring of the Argentine forward, but first it needs to know if it will have to reach an economic agreement or be able to have it for free.
