Whoever wants to sign Lionel Messi will have to pay the entire €700 million release fee as FCBarcelona appear desperate to prevent their talisman from walking out on the club for nothing. | IOLsport
MADRID – Barcelona are unwavering in their intention to keep Lionel Messi, who told the club earlier this week that he wanted to leave.
Earlier this week, Messi said he wanted to invoke a contract clause that allowed him to leave at the end of last season, but the club said the clause had already expired. Barcelona are not willing to give up on the player, especially not for free. Messi’s contract, which ends in June 2021, has a buyout clause of €700 million . He has been with the club for nearly two decades, leading them to more than three-dozen titles and holding most of their individual records.
Barcelona president Josep Bartomeu reportedly tried to meet with the player after his decision to leave was announced. He later said he was willing to resign if that was what it took to get Messi to stay, and if the six-times Ballon D'Or winner admitted the president's presence at the club was the reason he wanted to leave.
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