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Lionel Messi, 33, has killed the speculation.
The Argentine will remain at FC Barcelona next season.
-He would never take Barcelona to court, he tells Goal.
Pay the buyout clause of around SEK 7.2 billion, otherwise Lionel Messi will stick around. This has been the case of FC Barcelona since the Argentine declared that he wants to leave the club.
Known for a long time
That is why he also chooses to stay at the club until his contract expires in the summer of 2021. He confirms that he has wanted to leave Barcelona.
Something that the club has known for a long time.
– I want to compete at the highest level, win titles, compete for the Champions League. You can win and lose there because it is very hard, but you have to compete. Don’t collapse in Rome, Liverpool, Lisbon. All that made me think about the decision I wanted to make, Messi tells Goal.
– I told the club, the president (Josep Maria Bartomeu) in particular, that I wanted to leave. They have known it since the start of last season. I’ve been telling you that for 12 months. But I’ll stay because I don’t want to start a legal war.
He also leads a real start to the club’s management.
– The truth is that there is no project in this club. They only fill in the holes when things happen. I would never start a war against the club of my life. So I stay, he says and continues:
– The management of the club that Bartomeu runs is a disaster.
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Emotional for the family
When Messi told his family that he wanted to leave Barcelona, the club he has played for all his adult life, it was emotional.
– When I told my wife and children that I wanted to leave, it was a brutal drama. My whole family started crying, my children didn’t want to leave Barcelona or change schools.
Lionel Messi’s contract with Barcelona expires in the summer of 2021.
The text is updated.
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