gibzzhd:
2018: Ronaldo to Madrid President: Increase my wages or I will leave.

Perez (R Madrid President): You can leave.

2020: Messi to Bartemeu (Barca President). I want to leave Barca.

Bartemeu: YOU CANT LEAVE.

LA LIGA: YOU WILL NOT LEAVE

Know the �

Must you bring cr7 into the conversation?? your obsession with this guy simply validates the fact that he is way better than Messi

Back to your post
Cr7 did not leave madrid because of salary issues.. infact, I will like to see a video of perez/cr7 saying the latter left because the former did not increase his salary
Neither Barca nor la liga said Messi will not be allowed to leave, but rather they said Messi will only be allowed to leave if a club triggers his release clause.. if Messi has his way, he's going to leave for free, something that barca is trying to avoid

paulolee:
another wahala...i think messi and hs father should try and avoid court case with barca..he should jus stay this last season, sign a pre contract with city and use this last season to give the fans a proper farewell..my opinion

Apt

obembet:
Lionel Messi has reportedly resigned himself to the fact that he will have to see out his Barcelona contract and stay at the club for another year.

The Barca captain had been hoping to leave the club on a free transfer this summer, with Manchester City leading the chase for his services as they sought to reunite him with his former manager Pep Guardiola.

Messi has become disillusioned with life in Catalonia after Barca's shambolic 8-2 defeat to Bayern Munich in the Champions League left them looking as far away from returning to the top level of European football as they have been since last winning Europe's biggest prize in 2015.

Manager Quique Setien left shortly after that loss, and has been replaced by Ronald Koeman.

Messi's father Jorge has been holding talks with Barca chiefs in a bid to thrash out his son's future, with the Messi camp holding onto the hope that they could exploit the fact that a €700m buyout clause in the star's contract no longer existed.

Jorge Messi's statement to La Liga and Barca outlining the apparent expiration of the clause was published on Friday, only for La Liga to issue a swift response denying this and stating that the clause was still at play.

"The €700m release clause exists and is absolutely valid," said the league in a statement.
"Their interpretation of the contract is decontextualised and far from the literality of the same."

This has forced Messi and his camp to back down from their transfer threat according to TyC Sports in Argentina, who were one of the first outlets to break that Messi could leave this summer.

They add that Messi does not want to leave "in the middle of a legal scandal" that could be seen as damaging to his legacy at the Nou Camp.

Source: https: https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/messi-transfer-news-barcelona-city-22629865.amp

We can now rest

oba4ever:



Barca should loan him to man city. I don't see him being productive at all and his last season will just be the worst and spoil his good works and reputation

This could have been a better idea , favourable to both parties

obembet:


I feel sorry for Barcelona because trying to keep Messi by all means will not bring out the best in him. It may end up counter productive, working against Barcelona because Messi may just have I don't care attitude knowing he will be leaving. He may not give his best.

Exactly !! Fear won't let them because they just see Messi as their private property

gibzzhd:
2018: Ronaldo to Madrid President: Increase my wages or I will leave.

Perez (R Madrid President): You can leave.

2020: Messi to Bartemeu (Barca President). I want to leave Barca.

Bartemeu: YOU CANT LEAVE.

LA LIGA: YOU WILL NOT LEAVE

Know the �

it shows Madrid is far far far bigger than Barcelona

in Madrid no player is bigger than the club unlike Barcelona

paulolee:

advantage or not, messi should jus stay in barca if goin to court is the onmy option of leaving the club, it would be a dirt on his legacy if he drags barca to court, i dnt expect him to trash all the legacy he built in barca for years jus because of his last 5 years...the beginning do not matter bt the end and history wont be fair to him if he tries such..

I like smart, analytic people, and you are one.

Mancity kpele!
No more Messing about lol
Dream over!

Realadey:
If that should be the case,Messi has upper hand should there be any court case, moreso why is Barça holding on to an unhappy player,it will surely boomerang.
Messi too should try to avoid unnecessary hullabaloo because of the fans that gave him all, both parties should compromise,that's it.

You mean the fans and the club he gave all

paulolee:

advantage or not, messi should jus stay in barca if goin to court is the onmy option of leaving the club, it would be a dirt on his legacy if he drags barca to court, i dnt expect him to trash all the legacy he built in barca for years jus because of his last 5 years...the beginning do not matter bt the end and history wont be fair to him if he tries such..

It won’t be fair to him bt it will be fair to Barca rite? Rubbish.

Ideal his contract shud run a year and end unless he renews it intentionally not the clubs renewing it for him in such ridiculous manner.

ojaysam25:
If that is the case,then he should drag barca to court....he need to leave as soon as possible

premier League fan....praying for Messi to come to their league

The new manager should immediately bench him for 15 games to tell him that he's dispensable and that Barca is bigger than him, rubbish. Why can't he pay the 700m from his pocket in order to move, nonsense.

They will suffer for this. Because you can never get his 100%.

They have forced him to stay now. They just want to milk all money they can get now because it is so obvious he is leaving next season. They shouldnt expect the best from him this season..
This is an eye opener for people signing slave contract up and down..

gibzzhd:
2018: Ronaldo to Madrid President: Increase my wages or I will leave.

Perez (R Madrid President): You can leave.

2020: Messi to Bartemeu (Barca President). I want to leave Barca.

Bartemeu: YOU CANT LEAVE.

LA LIGA: YOU WILL NOT LEAVE

Know the �

Your ewu is in bondage and you are proud..

forget all dis talk

fear no go let am comot
u wan kill em career

asun of Spain

Excallibur:
The point is that Messi doesn't need to drag barca to court, he has the legal right to terminate his contract unilaterally (according to this quoted clause in the contract states by his father) .barca will be the ones to drag him to court....Although I get where you are coming from,after all this years, the break up doesn't have to be bitter

June has long passed. Go and read the contract again.

OfficialJayy:



Must you bring cr7 into the conversation?? your obsession with this guy simply validates the fact that he is way better than Messi

Back to your post
Cr7 did not leave madrid because of salary issues.. infact, I will like to see a video of perez/cr7 saying the latter left because the former did not increase his salary
Neither Barca nor la liga said Messi will not be allowed to leave, but rather they said Messi will only be allowed to leave if a club triggers his release clause.. if Messi has his way, he's going to leave for free, something that barca is trying to avoid

Can they still trust him?

Messi alone cannot decide his move by himself... He's not just any player that can be replaced easily. He has brand endorsements and other agreement to see through and make sure he's not breaching anyagreement which may lead to litigation. A lot of people's lives and livelihood is dependent on his career.... Such huge decision can't be handled this way.

obembet:


Thats is the truth, Either Barcelona likes it or not, this guy won't play forever. Either he renew his contract or decides to leave on a free transfer next season, his departure in the future is inevitable. If you really wants to rebuild the squad and the team, while not let him go and focus on a new generation. Messi going will serve a better advantage to the entire barca than him staying. This whole saga has shown actually destroy the reputation of Barca.

Lalasticlala

Do you now want Barca to release him for free and lose in three ways: agony OF MESSI'S departure, loss of revenue in sponsorship and endorsement and of course money.
Go and read what liga president said before you judge Barca.

Had it been Messi's contract is buyable like Neymar, you would not be talking like this now. They needed this kind of enormous clause to prevent Neymar scenerio on Messi and future generation players

Those small boys in Bayern Munic really created confusion to Messi's career with that 8-2 defeat, it will take him another year to overcome the trainer.

Anyway the type of Messi cannot be my own hero, C-Ronaldo all the ways

If I were the Esun goat I will start scoring own goals let's see if they won't allow him to go

Messi will leave for free next season, which honestly is better for messi financially.

Barcelona are stupid. Sell this guy and make money instead of keeping an unhappy player and losing him for free.

ayenale1:
The new manager should immediately bench him for 15 games to tell him that he's dispensable and that Barca is bigger than him, rubbish. Why can't he pay the 700m from his pocket in order to move, nonsense.

No wonder you refused to sign the petition against weed smoking.

By January, City can even sign a pre contract with messi for a free transfer.

I have always knew Messi will not sign a new contract 3 yrs ago wen Barcelona tried to!! , he was waiting for this moment but Barcelona are not ready to lose him , even laliga ,.. he has to honor is one year contract left and move on.

Him no wan make lalastitica abi Bartomeu charge am to court now... I laff in spanish

Barca shot themselves in the foot here. Now he is going to walk away for free once his contract expires in a year. They should have just sold him even if for €200m. They could have used that to buy like 3 top class YOUNG players.

Why all this fuss over a player that’s in the twilight of his career? He is not God na.

wealthpreach:
June has long passed. Go and read the contract again.

Did you see a copy of the contract and how exactly it was written there?
June is something and the end of the season is another. If what was written there was end of the season, then last season ended last month.

rentAcock:
Messi will win the UCL next year and it doesn't matter which club he ends up.

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