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The earthquake on Tuesday 25 August continues to have “aftershocks” even now, and the Spanish publication Marca sees this war between Messi and President Bartomeu as a game of chess.
Initially, at the time of his departure announcement, Messi had his lawyers inform the bosses that he was not showing up for training either. Later, the Spanish press said that the Argentine star changed his mind, but in recent days the situation has changed again.
Messi He got angry when he found out that Barça wants to put him “on wheels” and will not appear today, Sunday August 30, at the Barcelona meeting for the COVID-19 tests before the resumption of training. The decision was communicated to the club by the members of the Argentine star’s entourage.
The reason for the dispute between Lionel Messi and Josep Maria Bartomeu
According to the cited source, his anger Messi has increased in recent days due to a clause in the contract, that is clause 24. Thus, the attacker was terribly upset to see that the president does not allow him to leave the contract because he states that the deadline for the player’s request to leave expired on June 10.
Thus, if he wanted to go out freely, he had to notify the club before June 10. Otherwise, its termination clause becomes 700 million euros.
The situation is not easy because Messi invokes the coronavirus pandemic that turned everything upside down and changed everything. So the date of June 10 can no longer be taken into account given that the pandemic has imposed a special situation on the world and on all fields, not only in football.
This is exactly the key to the next move Messi and Bartomeu will make, and the lawyers are working hard on it. As the source cited states, this chess game cannot end in a draw.
Some days ago, Bartholomew He even “guaranteed” Messi’s stay in his own post, but the Spanish press assures that the forward is leaving anyway, no matter what Bartomeu does. That is not the problem, but the fact that the club is asking him for money.
The relationship between Messi and Bartomeu, eroded in recent years
Added to this, Messi has been sitting and reflecting lately and has come to the conclusion that the actions of the president in the last year or even more than a year have gradually led to “pushing” Messi out of the club.
Everything has gotten worse since the dismissal of Valverde and his replacement by Quique Setién, and then the mismanagement of transfers and the bad decisions made, which were also seen in the team’s results.
Another interesting detail was reported by the Spanish press. Not even two months ago, President Bartomeu made a simple statement, but it was too easy.
“He is very calm and I have no doubt that he will retire from Barça. We have an obligation to renew his contract.”, was the declaration of Bartomeu.
Thus, from the last sentence it is clear that the president feared this departure of the Argentine star.
The straw that filled the camel’s back was the discussion between the new coach, Ronald Koeman, and Luis Suárez, in which the Dutchman announced to the forward in less than two minutes that he would surrender with him. The friendly relationship between Suarez and Messi is well known, so the Argentine felt “worked” again, although it is known that he had a harsh word to say about the transfers, both in terms of departures and arrivals.
Barcelona fans, on Messi’s side in the conflict with Bartomeu
The people of Marca also did a survey among the fans. The question is “who wins this war between Messi and Bartomeu”? And the answers are overwhelming in favor of Messi, with 84 percent.
Tags: Barcelona , josep maria bartomeu , Lionel messi
