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Lionel Messi has made it very clear that he wants to leave Barcelona. Image: www.imago-images.de
Today the peak of Messi’s crisis is increasing in Barcelona, is Juve also involved in transfer poker?
Is there finally a breath of fresh air in the great moody drama about Lionel Messi today? According to TyC Sports, Messi’s father and coach, Jorge, went up yesterday in a private plane to Barcelona in his Rosario, Argentina, and today the 62-year-old coach is scheduled to attend the crisis summit with the Barça leadership. The Spanish newspaper “Mundo Deportivo” also reported on the planned meeting and registered Jorge Messi at the airport, but only said: “I don’t know, friends.”
Messi’s father will insist today to the Barça leaders so that his son can transfer for free and not because of the termination clause of 700 million euros. The Catalans led by President Josep Bartomeu want to persuade the Messi clan to stay in Barcelona despite all differences of opinion.
It is unlikely that Messi himself will be in the meeting since, according to Spanish media, he has not spoken with the president of Barça, Bartomeu. Since the 2: 8 debacle against Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals two and a half weeks ago, the superstar has also been silent in public. The 33-year-old Argentine went on a training strike for this. After the season opener on Monday, Messi also skipped Tuesday’s session. Under Spanish labor law, “La Pulga” faces a fine of 25 percent of monthly earnings if he walks away again.
Will Messi’s kit soon have to be removed from the Barça store? Image: keystone
The financial penalty would be quite substantial. From Barcelona it is said that Messi would have to pay 850,000 euros to Barça if he refused to go back to work. And so the boycott of exceptional talent also reveals his huge base salary: 3.4 million euros a month – 40.8 million euros a year.
Messi would earn significantly more at Manchester City, where he apparently wants to move. The Englishman would offer Messi, according to the newspaper “Sport”, for a five-year contract with three seasons with ManCity and two with the MLS partner club New York City FC with 100 million euros more than double. In addition, a free transfer would mean a hand of money for the Messi clan, which, according to the source, amounts to 250 million euros. In total, Messi’s transfer would be worth 750 million euros.
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But according to Spanish journalist Manu Carreño, ManCity is not the only club seriously looking for Messi. In his program “El Laguero” on the radio station “Cadena Ser” he informs that Juventus of Turin will also participate in the Argentine superstar’s poker. However, no details were given. It is quite possible that the rumor comes from the realm of fantasies of those who would like to see Messi play alongside rival Cristiano Ronaldo.
Inter Milan is definitely out of the game. Sports director Piero Ausilio told Sky Italia yesterday that a Messi transfer was excluded: “We will not sign Leo Messi. I don’t even know where these crazy rumors come from. There is no team that does not want a footballer like that, but the reality is different. We have to pay close attention to financial fair play. “(Pre)
