Messi Can Quit Barca, If Catalonia Leaves Spain Lionel Messi has ensured he could become a free agent if Barcelona no longerplays in a major European league as a result of Catalan independence, Spanish media wrote on Friday.Lionel Messi has ensured he could become a free agent if Barcelona no longer plays in a major European league as a result of Catalan independence, Spanish media wrote on Friday.According to a report in Madrid dailyEl Mundo, the contract Messi signed last November includes a clause that he must remain a Barcelona player only as long as the club is playing in “a top-level European league.”A source at Barcelona told AFP that “for reasons of confidentiality the club never comments on contractual relations with players.”Catalonian nationalists proclaimed independence from Spain aftera referendum on October 1, precipitating a crisis which is still unresolved.Spanish civiland football authorities have said repeatedly that Catalan secession would end the participation of the region’s clubs in the Spanish League.If Catalonia becomes independent and Barcelona are booted out of La Liga and cannotpersuade another major league (France, Italy, Germany or England) to give them a home, Messi could leave without having to pay his 700 million euro ($843 million) buyout clause, said El Mundo.The newspaper said that leaving La Liga would have the same impact on the rest of the Barcelona squad, whether they have specific clauses or not, because it would represent a substantial change to the circumstances underwhich they signed their contracts.
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All this messi leaving talk is driving me tired...
Yes messi is good, but will he play forever? His form will definitely dip in about 4 years time. Barca should focus on younger players like dembele and coutinho.