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What would you do to have Lionel Messi on your team? A fan of Stuttgart took the question seriously and decided to organize a virtual fundraiser to raise enough money to pay for the attacker’s release clause with the Barcelona.
The popular “kitten” started six days ago, just when Messi told Barça that he would like to move. In the place GoFundMe, fan Tim Artmann created a page and started collecting donations.
Until the publication of this report, slightly more than a thousand euros were collected, donated by 57 different people. The goal, according to the page, is to reach 900 million euros (R $ 5.9 billion at the current price), enough to pay for Messi’s termination, valued at 700 million euros (R $ 4.5 billion) . and you still have a “change” left.
Of course, the initiative is a joke, but it also applies to a noble cause. The author of “kitten” said that, “in case the planned amount is not reached in time or Lionel Messi goes to another club, 100% of the money raised will be donated to Viva com Água”, a charity.
Messi, in fact, would do well at Stuttgart, a club that has already been champion of Germany five times and has just returned to Bundesliga, after finishing last season as Second Division runner-up.
Despite the fan’s kind initiative, Messi will not play in German football, at least not now. The Argentine maintains his desire to transfer to Manchester city, where he would meet his friend Kun Agüero, attack partner of the Argentine National Team, and coach Pep Guardiola.
The problem is to convince Barcelona to release him without charging the full amount of the fine. Messi’s lawyers adhere to a clause in the contract, which said that the player would be free to change clubs for free from the last season of the contract, which expires in June 2021.
Barça, however, plays and does not want to lose the striker, seen as fundamental in the planning of coach Ronald Koeman. Messi did not show up for training on Monday and is waiting for a meeting between his father and businessman, Jorge Messi, and the Catalan president, Josep Maria Bartomeu. The meeting will be on Wednesday.
