Lionel Messi remains determined to leave Barcelona this summer and will not join the rest of the squad on Sunday for the Covid-19 test.
Thirty-one players have been summoned by newly appointed head coach Ronald Koeman to undergo coronavirus tests, but Messi has informed the club that he will not attend, according to Catalan broadcaster RAC1.
Because he is not following the Covid-19 protocols established by La Liga, Messi will not be able to join his teammates for preseason training.
The Catalan newspaper Sport reports that the president of Barça, Josep Maria Bartomeu, will send Messi and his lawyers a message via burofax to inform the Argentine forward that he is still under contract and must attend the PCR test.
However, in an unexpected twist, Bartomeu’s understanding of Messi’s current contract situation might not be accurate.
Cadena SER’s El Larguero program – by Spanish newspaper HOW – have revealed that Messi does not have any termination clause applicable to the last year of his contract, which is 2020-21.
Basically Messi believe your contract with Barça has expired and he’s a free agent.
Spanish journalist Guillem Balague has described the decline as an “extraordinary new twist”, adding: “As El Larguero recounts, the termination clause of € 700 million does NOT exist in last season’s contract (and did the club not had he noticed?).
“Messi will not go to the PCR test of the team tomorrow Sunday, as it would go against his interpretation of the contract, which is free.”
Not so long ago that Bartomeu himself admitted that Messi had the option of leaving before the start of the 2020-21 season.
“Messi has a contract that we signed two years ago, a four-year contract, in which in the last season, before the start of the 2020/21 season, he can leave Barcelona, leave football or go elsewhere “, said. he told Barca TV, for Brand.
”Other players like Xavi, Iniesta and Puyol also had [this option] when they last renewed.
“The fact is that these types of players, including Messi, are so Cules that I doubt they will go to another club.
“They have to have the freedom, because they have earned it, to decide their future and when they want to stop playing football.
“I do not suffer, Messi is very cool and I have no doubt that he will continue to play for Barcelona, and I hope he will do so for many more years, not only until 2021.”
Mirror they are reporting that Barcelona are ‘desperately trying’ to negotiate a £ 250 million commitment to Manchester City for Lionel Messi.
But this latest update suggests that City could sign the six-time Ballon d’Or winner in a free transfer.
Meanwhile, Duncan Castles of the Sunday Times says Messi is standing firm in his decision to meet Pep Guardiola at the Etihad Stadium.
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