“I’m staying in Barcelona! I would never go to court against the club of my life.”

UPDATE 19:10 – Lionel Messi stays in Barcelona

In an exclusive interview with Goal, Lionel Messi revealed that he will stay in Barcelona. “I would never go to the court against the club of my life, so I will stay,” Messi said.

🚨 WORLDWIDE EXCLUSIVE 🚨

Lionel Messi will NOT leave Barcelona, ​​we can confirm.

We sat down with the man himself to clarify some things 🐐

This is what he had to say: pic.twitter.com/NfnhGpZpXc

– Goal (@goal) September 4, 2020

Some ideas from the Argentine:

• “I told the president all year that I wanted to leave. I thought the club needed more young people, new faces, I thought my time in Barcelona was over. The president has always said that at the end of the season I will be able to decide whether to stay or go, but in the end he did not keep his word.“
• “No matter how long I stay or if I leave, my love for Barcelona will never change”
• “In the end, it is very difficult to give up 20 years, a whole life, the family represented by Barcelona, ​​the city. That weighs heavily when you make a decision. “
• “I always put the club at the forefront of everything. I have had the opportunity to leave Barcelona many times. Every year I could have gone somewhere where I would have received more money than in Barcelona. I have always said that this is my home, this is what I have felt and am feeling now. It’s hard to find a better place than this, but I felt like I needed a change, new things, and goals. “
• “When I told my wife and children that I could go, it was a great drama. The whole family cried, my children did not want to leave Barcelona or go to another school“
• “I will continue in Barcelona because the president told me that the only way to leave would be for someone to pay the buy-out clause of 700 million euros, and that is impossible. The other way would have been to go to the pitch, but I would never do it, because Barcelona is the club I love., who has offered me everything since I arrived. It’s the club of my life. “

Initial news – TyC Sports announces: “Messi stays”

In the early afternoon, when Marca announced that, from one moment to the next, Messi will give a statement in which he will say what decision he has made, The Barça fans hoped that the Argentine would confirm that he will continue at the “Camp Nou”, after the television channel TyC Sports reported this Thursday that “90% remain.”

But it was not Leo’s statement, but that of his father, Jorge. Who disputes the position of the Spanish Professional League, claiming that the termination clause of 700 million euros loses its value: “The compensation does not apply when the player decides to unilaterally break the contract.”

Jorge Messi’s reaction only maintained the conflict, triggered by the “burofax” of August 25, which seemed to have broken any link between the Catalan team and the most important footballer in its history.

However, shortly after the announcement, TyC Sports released exclusively: “Messi stays!” With a great title, given at the opening of the site, news that immediately took over the world through the media and social networks.

This would be the final decision of the Blaugrana captain. He will play in the capital of Catalonia until the end of his commitment, on June 30, 2021, and then he can leave for free.

Messi realized, after the last discussion between his father and President Bartomeu, that the only possibility of leaving Barcelona now is in court. The club will not give up. And this was not the end that Leo wanted after two decades with the Barça shirt.

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