As Barça insisted the only way Messi could leave was through the payment of his €700million release clause, the club's talisman and captain has accepted he has no choice but to stay.

But as he made perfectly clear in his interview with Goal Spain, he is not happy about it.



Lionel Messi has backtracked on his decision to leave Barcelona in an interview with Goal Spain

Published on Friday, the interview was wide-ranging but entirely pinned on the recent furore, which began on August 25 when he informed the Catalan club of his desire to leave.

At the time Messi was under the impression he could unilaterally terminate his contract at the end of the 2019-20 season, but the club claimed the clause had expired in June and LaLiga backed the club up.

With Manchester City circling, Messi's father and agent, Jorge, travelled to Barcelona on Wednesday in an attempt to find a compromise, but seemingly there was none to be found.





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