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Jakarta –
Lionel Messi’s transfer saga is over, at least for now. La Pulga will stay in Barcelona, but the exit window is still open.
At the beginning of last week Messi shocked the football world when the news had made an official request to Barcelona to leave the Catalan club as soon as possible in the summer.
Messi’s contract in Barcelona will last until next summer. But the Argentine superstar has demanded a special clause that would allow him to leave this summer, without having to comply with a termination clause of 700 million euros.
In the process, Lionel Messi decided to stay. One of the reasons is that he did not have the heart to go to the pitch with Barcelona, the club he loves.
Yes, Messi has finished the transfer saga this time. But remember that the 33-year-old still has a contract that will expire in the summer of next year.
In other words, if the situation remains as it is today, Lionel Messi’s departure from Barcelona will only be delayed rather than canceled. With his contract expiring on June 30, 2021, Messi is free to negotiate with other clubs on January 1 and then join any club on a free transfer after his contract in Barcelona expires.
Andy Brassell, quoted European football expert talkSPORT, also considered that there will be crucial things that will happen in the coming months. Specifically, before the selection process for the new president of Barcelona in March 2021.
“So there must be a presidential candidate who has the courage to come forward and say: ‘I can fix this club and make Messi stay.’ There are many things that will happen in the coming months and they have to do with the presidential election,” he said.
“Because of course, in the span of two months between January 1 and Barcelona with a new president (March), he (Messi) could have decided to join another club,” he said.
Andy Brassell believes that Lionel Messi is basically inclined to want to stay at the Barcelona that he already considers his own home. Messi just needs the persuasion of a presidential candidate he trusts.
“I don’t know if it’s Joan Laporta or something else. Someone who believes that he can return Barcelona to a good position,” he said of Lionel Messi’s future in Barcelona.
(krs / mrp)
