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After a disappointing and titleless season, which ended with an embarrassing 2-8 loss to Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals, Messi dropped the bomb that he wanted to leave Barcelona. The Argentine has been with the club his entire career.
To Goal.com, Messi confirms in an exclusive interview that he will stay in Barcelona this season to avoid a lawsuit against the club at heart.
-I was sure that I could leave the club for free this summer, because the president has always said that I can do it at the end of the season, says Messi.
However, the clause of his contract states that he must resign before June 10 to go free. Barcelona maintains it despite the fact that this year’s season was postponed due to the coronavirus.
– That’s why I’ll stay at the club. Now I play for the club because the president said that the only way out of the club is for the buyout clause of € 700 million to be paid, and that is impossiblesays Messi.
The family burst into tears
Make it clear that a lawsuit to leave the club was irrelevant
– I would never go to the pitch because Barça is the club that I love, that has given me everything I have. It is the club of my life. I have created a life here, says Messi.
Messi has been in open conflict with the club’s management for the past year. Coach Quique Setién and sports director Eric Abidal have already left their posts, while president Josep Maria Bartomeu is under heavy pressure.
He tells of an emotional moment when he told the family that he wanted to leave Barcelona.
– My whole family started crying, my children don’t want to leave Barcelona and they don’t want to change schools. But I have to look ahead and I want to compete at the highest level, win titles and fight for the Champions League.says Messi.
Will win the Champions League
He confirms that it is the Champions League collapses against Rome, Liverpool and Bayern Munich that make him want to leave the club.
– You can win or lose in the Champions League, but you must be in the game. All this made me make the decision to leave, says Messi.
Messi wanted to trigger a clause in the contract that allows him to leave Barcelona for free after each season, but the club says that clause expired on June 10.
Clubs such as Manchester City, Inter, Paris-Saint Germain and clubs from smaller but economically attractive leagues have been mentioned as potential moving stops.
But it will be at least a year before the giant transition can take place.
