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KOMPAS.com – The conflict between Lionel Messi and Barcelona seems set to enter a new chapter after President Josep Maria Bartomeu allegedly forced a cut in the megastar’s salary.
Lionel Messi had heated up the transfer market this summer after declaring that he wanted to leave Barcelona
However, the Argentine superstar forward decided to stay in Barcelona after going through a conflict with his club.
In an exclusive interview with Goal.com Messi revealed a while ago that he would stay at Barcelona.
The captain of the Argentine team will remain at Camp Nou for at least next year.
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Finally, the internal environment of Barcelona began to cool down and became favorable again.
However, there is the latest news that the president of Barcelona, Josep Maria Bartomeu, went back to looking for problems with Messi.
According to a report by the Spanish television network Cuatro, through Sportbible, Bartomeu will ask Messi to accept a salary cut.
This is because La Pulga currently receives a salary of 1.1 million euros, or about 19.4 billion rupees per week.
Still, according to Cuatro’s report, Bartomeu plans to cut Messi’s salary with the aim of improving Barcelona’s financial situation.
As a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Blaugrana’s economic situation is going through difficulties, like other clubs.
If the plan comes to fruition, there could be a new conflict between Messi and Bartomeu.
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In fact, his relationship with Bartomeu has not been good since Messi planned to leave Barcelona.
In fact, the 33-year-old had called Bartomeu a liar and betrayed him.
“I thought and believed that I was free to go, the president has always said that at the end of the season I can decide whether to stay or not,” Messi said.
“Now they stick to the fact that I didn’t say it before June 10.”
“When it turned out that on June 10 we were competing for La Liga in the middle of this terrible coronavirus and this disease changes throughout the season.”
“This is the reason why I will continue in the club.”
“Now I will continue at the club because the president told me that the only way forward is to pay a clause of 700 million euros, and that is not possible,” said Lionel Messi, explaining his reasons for staying at Barcelona. (Muhammad Zaki Fajrul Haq)
