According to information revealed by El Pais , Lionel Messi, under contract with FC Barcelona until 2021, has a clause that allows him to go free next summer. This one makes a lot of reactions in Spain.

And if Lionel Messi left FC Barcelona next summer? Psychosis has won the Spanish media since Thursday, and the revelation by El Pais of a clause in the contract of the Argentine allowing him to go free next summer.

Although Messi's contract runs until 2021, the Spanish daily explains that during its last extension, in 2017, a clause was added granting it the right to leave the club early and unilaterally on June 30, 2020. , while its release clause is currently 700 million euros.

The Catalan daily Mundo Deportivo states that this clause is only valid if Messi wishes to join a club of a minor championship. Source:https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Barca-une-clause-dans-le-contrat-de-lionel-messi-lui-permet-de-partir-libre-en-2020/1056334

The true story is he has a clause in his contract that he can leave at any time, I mean at any transfer window but only to any other club outside Europe.