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BARCELONA – Lionel Messi was ultimately unable to leave Barcelona in the 2020 summer transfer market. According to Mexican soccer legend Hugo Sánchez, this happened because Messi and his father, who also act as agents, Jorge, took a wrong step. .
The first time the news that Messi wanted to leave Barça was spread was on August 17, 2020. This was discovered because Messi sent a fax to Barça president Josep Maria Bartomeu, who stated that he wanted to leave the club this summer.
According to Sánchez, Messi should have taken quick action and kept pushing after the fax was sent. As such, Bartomeu had no time to think of another way out and a move could soon occur.
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However, Messi and his father waged a cold war with Bartomeu. In the end, this was used by Bartomeu to strategize and find loopholes so that Messi could stay afloat. In fact, La Liga has interfered with Messi’s problem.
When Bartomeu was finally ready to fight, a meeting was held with Messi’s father as a representative of La Pulga. As a result, Messi’s field did not have many options because Bartomeu had prepared a mature strategy, especially regarding the 700 million (Rp. 12.2 billion) clause.
Bartomeu has even taken steps to take legal action across the pitch if Messi still won’t accept it. This left La Pulga defenseless because he did not want his contract dispute resolved in court.
