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DETERMINED: According to Reuters, Messi will be in Barcelona. Photo: LLUIS GENE / AFP
On Friday, the Reuters news agency announced that Lionel Messi (33) has made a decision about the future of Barcelona. Shortly after, the counter message arrived.
VG updates the case.
The Reuters news agency announced on Friday that Lionel Messi has decided to stay in Barcelona. A short time later it was corrected that there are still no clarifications about the future.
The Spanish newspaper Sphera Sports has also reported that the Argentine will have been decided on Friday, but no confirmation has been received. Several Spanish newspapers report that there will be an official statement on Messi’s future on Friday.
Barcelona confirmed last week to the AP news agency that the 33-year-old wanted to leave. Messi allegedly wanted to use a clause that allowed him to terminate the contract immediately, without Barcelona being entitled to compensation.
The deadline to activate the clause was actually June 10, but Messi’s side believes the deadline may be postponed because the corona pandemic extended the season until August.
Barça insists that the term of the clause has expired, and points to the contractual purchase price of 700 million euros.
Messi’s father and agent, Jorge Messi, sent out a press release on Friday describing La Liga as biased and claiming that his son can leave for free. It states that LaLiga’s interpretation that the termination clause of 700 million euros is still valid is incorrect. The contract must state:
This clause does not apply when the termination of the contract by unilateral decision of the player comes into force from the end of the 2019/20 season ”.
