Lionel Messi confirms that he stays at Barcelona


Lionel Messi has finally confirmed that he will stay at Barcelona and has explained why he wanted to leave the Camp Nou.

The Argentine international has broken his silence on the transfer saga, saying that he really thought he could go for free but did not want to end up in a legal battle.

“I thought and was sure that I was free to go, the president always said that at the end of the season I could decide if I stayed or not,” he said.

“Now they hold on to the fact that I did not say it before June 10, when it turns out that on June 10 we were competing for La Liga in the midst of this terrible coronavirus and this disease was altered all season.

“And this is the reason why I will continue at the club. Now I’m going to continue at the club because the president told me that the only way out was to pay the 700 million euro clause, and that this is impossible ”.

“There was another way and it was to go to court. I would never go to the pitch against Barça because it is the club I love, which has given me everything since I arrived.

“It is the club of my life, I have made my life here. Barça gave me everything and I gave everything. I know it never crossed my mind to take Barça to court ”.

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The Barcelona captain has finally moved to put an end to the intense speculation surrounding his future after another day of news.

On Friday, Jorge Messi responded in La Liga with a statement refuting his claim that his son’s € 700 million release clause was still valid.

La Liga, unsurprisingly, responded quite quickly with another statement in which they announced that it was absolutely valid and that Messi’s camp was wrong.

Meanwhile, Messi also added that he had been thinking about leaving for a long time and was quite critical of the way the club has been run.

“Of course it took me a lot to decide. It does not come from the Bayern result, it comes from many things. I always said I wanted to end here and I always said I wanted to stay here. That he wanted a winning project and win titles with the club, to continue expanding the legend of Barcelona.

“And the truth is that there has been no project or anything for a long time, they juggle and cover gaps as things happen. As I said before, I always thought about the welfare of my family and the club ”.

The 33-year-old also said that he had been telling club president Josep Maria Bartomeu “all year” that he felt it was time for him to step aside because “he believed the club needed more young, new players. players”.