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KOMPAS.com – Spanish La Liga operator La Liga provided clarification on an employment contract dispute involving Lionel Messi and Barcelona.
In its statement, La Liga said that Lionel Messi could not leave Barcelona with a unilateral termination of the contract.
The League said Lionel Messi could only leave Barcelona if there was a team that could pay the release clause of € 700 million or the equivalent of Rs 12 trillion.
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The following is the official La Liga statement on the Lionel Messi and Barcelona contract dispute published on Sunday (8/30/2020):
In relation to the different interpretations published in recent days in various media, regarding the contractual situation of the player Lionel Messi FC Barcelona,
La Liga wants to clarify the different interpretations published in the media in recent days on the contractual situation of Lionel Messi at Barcelona:
The contract that unites Lionel Messi and Barcelona is still in force. The contract also has a unilateral contract termination clause.
In accordance with the applicable regulations, La Liga will not approve requests for withdrawal as a player registered with the Spanish football federation in the case of Lionel Messi and Barcelona.
The League will only process if the player release clause has been paid.
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Lionel Messi wants to leave Barcelona by activating a special clause in his contract, which has one year left until June 2021.
The special clause is that Messi can unilaterally terminate his contract with Barcelona at the end of each season, provided he notifies the management in advance.
That means Messi can leave Barcelona with a free transfer at the end of the season until his contract expires in June 2021.
Messi presented the termination of the contract to Barcelona on Tuesday (8/25/2020).
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However, this clause is now controversial because Barcelona and Lionel Messi have different opinions about the end of the competition for the 2019-2020 season.
The end of the competition for the 2019-2020 season was extended from June to August 2020 due to the corona virus pandemic.
Barcelona claims that Lionel Messi has been late in presenting a unilateral termination of the contract in accordance with its particular clause.
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The reason is that Barcelona evaluates that the end of the competition for the 2019-2020 season is June 10, 2020 according to the initial calendar before the corona virus pandemic.
On the other hand, Messi’s side claims that the end of the competition for the 2019-2020 season is August 2020.
Messi’s side insists that the validity period of the special clause is automatically extended to follow the applicable competition schedule.
Recently, Lionel Messi was not present at the PCR test carried out by Barcelona, on Sunday (8/30/2020).
