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The information from the Spanish press revealed a sudden and happy development of the Barça fans about the future of the Argentine star Lionel Messi, who decided to withdraw from the idea of leaving the Catalan team, this summer, after the meeting he held yesterday, Thursday, with his father Jorge, along with his legal representatives, according to the newspaper. The Spanish “Marca”, the Argentine star decided to back down from the idea of leaving Barcelona.
The Spanish newspapers mentioned a series of reasons for the Argentine star’s stay in Barcelona and not leaving the Catalan team, although he has expressed his desire to leave in recent days.
The newspaper has pointed out that Lionel Messi decided to stay in the Catalan national team because Barcelona is the city in which the 32-year-old player will live after his retirement, where he lived 20 years ago, and that all his investments are in it, so that it is difficult for him to leave and leave his life there.
The newspaper added that Messi will achieve many records in the case of staying at Barcelona, since he will be more than playing with the Barça shirt and will separate him from beating Xavi 36 games, and it will be more than scoring goals for a team at the same time. throughout history, and it will separate him from Pelé surpassing only 9 goals, and there will be more. Whoever achieves the titles for a team, where only two titles separate him from Ryan Giggs.
Lionel Messi had sent an official fax to the Barça administration, requesting that the free exit clause be activated at the end of each season and included in his contract that ends in June 2021, but the Barça officials confirm that the activation date of this The clause ended on June 10, and if the player wanted to leave, he would have to pay 700 million. Value in euros of the penalty clause in your contract.
It should be noted that Josep Maria Bartomeu, president of Barcelona, is preparing to surprise Jorge Messi by offering to renew Lionel Messi’s contract for two seasons for 100 million euros per year.