Lionel Messi’s father, Jorge, has issued a statement about his son’s future at Barcelona.
Speculation has abounded since Messi submitted a formal transfer request to the Blaugrana last Tuesday, hoping to end their 19-year collaboration before his contract ended in 2021.
However, there has been a debate around a clause in Messi’s deal that would reportedly allow him to leave in the summer of 2020 with a free transfer.
Jorge Messi discusses with the League
La Liga had originally backed Barcelona by recognizing the € 700 million buyout clause, but now Messi’s father has responded by stating that Spain’s top flight has made a mistake.
Journalist Alfredo Martinez posted an image of Jorge’s letter to his Twitter account on Friday afternoon amid reports that Messi had made a U-turn by deciding to leave Camp Nou.
Guillem Balague confirmed that the letter, written in Spanish, was sent to La Liga and stated that they do not believe that Messi’s termination clause should continue to apply.
Great news for Messi’s future
Balague wrote: “This is the letter that Jorge Messi just sent to LaLiga in which he denies LaLiga’s interpretation that the termination clause of 700 million euros is still in force.
Jorge insists that it is not applicable since the end of last season if the player unilaterally decides to leave FCB ”.
Fabrizio Romano offered the following translation: “We do not know which contract [Liga] they have analyzed, and what are the bases on which they conclude that it would have an applicable termination clause in the event that the player decides to urge its unilateral termination ”.
While Dermot Corrigan He noted that the letter essentially said: “We do not know which contract he has analyzed … but he has made a clear mistake.
The League Strikes Back
But just an hour after Messi Snr made his interpretation of the contract clear, La Liga sent a letter in response reiterating its initial position that the termination clause stands. Are you lost yet?
The Spanish organization affirms: “They have made a decontextualized interpretation and have moved away from the literality of the contract”, while reaffirming that the clause is ‘absolutely valid’.
Messi could go free …?
Either way, it seems clear that Messi’s team does not believe that clubs will have to pay the € 700 million buyout clause to sign him this summer.
In other words, players like Manchester City or Paris Saint-Germain should be able to sign Messi in a free transfer this summer and Jorge is not clear about the contract that La Liga is analyzing.
This could be huge in deciding whether Messi stays at Barcelona or not and, after all the recent suggestions that he could stay, it indicates that the situation is not resolved in any way.
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