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Even if you don’t like football, you’ve probably heard that Lionel Messi, one of the most productive players in football history, could leave Barcelona, the team he’s played on. Reports even partner mess with Messi with a signing for Manchester City, to track down former coach Pep Guardiola.
Now, why does all this football communicate on a video game site, listen to questions? Well, that’s because Messi has been the great ambassador for the PES eFootball logo for a few years.
This poses a contractual problem. A couple have connected Konami to the Catalan football club since 2016. The Argentine player is in the canopy of PES 2020 and is also in the newly revealed canopy of next year’s iteration. However, if Messi ends up signing a contract with some other team, according to Manchester City, EA Sports’ spouse, Konami could lose his muse. The Japanese company’s union with The Premier League groups only affects Manchester United and Arsenal, groups in which Messi is unlikely to sign up (although he deserves to be fully registered for Arsenal).
In order to soften Konami’s reaction to this change of occasions and possible replacement in PES 2021 coverage, we tried to touch them and received this response:
“Since we haven’t won an official Club announcement, we say nothing right now. Konami uses the names and portraits of players strictly in accordance with the contract, and we will talk to the licensees to act accordingly.”
Officially, Konami is waiting for news before acting. However, the corporate already experienced a similar stage three years ago when Neymar signed for Paris Saint-Germain. The Brazilian star appeared in the canopy of PES 2018 and Konami was forced to replace him quickly.
Will he be back this year?
“Since we haven’t won an official Club announcement, we can’t say anything yet…”
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