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LIONEL MESSI has agreed to a record £ 623 million deal to join Manchester City.
The 33-year-old is on a mission to forcibly leave Barcelona after submitting a transfer request.
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According to Record Sport, Messi has agreed to financial terms on a five-year contract worth a total of € 700 million (£ 623 million).
The incredible deal would make the Argentine the highest paid individual in sports history.
That equates to £ 14,200 per hour, £ 341,000 per day, £ 2.4 million per week, and a whopping £ 10.4 million per month.
Messi will spend three seasons at Etihad before joining New York City FC of City Football Group’s Major League Soccer for two years.
It is also reported that Messi could be offered an equity stake in CFG as part of his package.
The six-time Ballon d’Or winner has been at odds with Barcelona since he submitted his transfer request to go free.
Barcelona’s new coach, Ronald Koeman, has decided that if Messi does not want to stay with the Spanish giants it would be better to remove him as soon as possible.
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And the aspiring president of Barça, Víctor Font, insists that the current president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, must fulfill his promise to allow the Argentine superstar “to leave whenever he wants.”
Messi’s father and representative, Jorge Messi, flew yesterday in a private jet from his home in the Argentine city of Rosario to Spain to talk today with the leaders of Barcelona.
And Font declared: “A couple of months ago the president said that the players have earned the right to leave and retire whenever they want.
“Now, because of these exceptional circumstances, he has to honor that commitment.”
When asked if Messi had been betrayed by the club, Font added: “There is an inconsistency, probably due to the mismanagement of the current board, trying to hide behind these irregularities.
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“That is why it is extremely important to the history of the club that we do whatever it takes.”
Barcelona assures that Messi, 33, is in STRIKE after failing to show up for a Covid test and preseason training.
But the superstar is no longer considered part of Koeman’s team after a bitter dispute over his contract.
His legal team claims he is now a free agent after faxing his transfer request and can leave without paying his massive € 700 million buyout clause, while Barça and LaLiga insist the terms of the contract are still in place. current.
In a Sky Sports interview, Font added: “I am sure that what Messi has decided was not a last minute decision, it will be something well thought out.
“I really hope the decision can be changed, but it doesn’t seem likely and if that’s the case, the focus should be on achieving the transition that Messi deserves.
“We need to make sure that the legal battle between the club and Messi stops. We sit down, we talk. Let’s make sure we don’t get into an even worse situation. “
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