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The Spanish press revealed, on Friday, that the Argentine star Lionel Messi, captain of Barcelona, will issue an official statement in the next few hours to decide his future, after he decided to withdraw from the idea of leaving the Catalan team this summer, after the meeting held yesterday Thursday. With his father Jorge, along with his legal representatives.
The Spanish newspaper “AS” said that Messi registered a statement confirming his stay with Barça during the next football season 2020-2021, and then go to any other club if he so wishes, confirming that he will issue it in the next few hours.
The newspaper added that the legal representatives of the Argentine star Messi are preparing a response to the Spanish League, which announced earlier this week that Messi can leave Barcelona only by paying the amount mentioned in the value of the penalty clause in his contract with the club (700 million euros).
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.
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 daily “Marca” indicated today that Lionel Messi decided to stay in the Catalan national team because Barcelona is the city where the 32-year-old will live after his retirement, where he lived for 20 years, and that all his investments are in it , so it is difficult for him to leave and leave his life there. .
