After all, staying in Barcelona can be a problem for Lionel Messi.
A day after the Spanish club reaffirmed its position to facilitate a transfer, Messi’s father-agent did rule out the option for his son to reconsider his resolve to leave.
Jorge Messi left the prospect open after being briefly questioned Thursday via tv channel Four about whether he contemplates the option of Messi staying for the time being and leaving loose next year.
It came a day after there was no agreement in the first assembly between Jorge Messi and the president of Barcelona, Josep Bartomeu.Jorge Messi had said on his arrival in Barcelona on Wednesday that he saw it “difficult” for his son to continue betting on Barcelona.
Lionel Messi said last week in Barcelona that he invited a contractual clause that allowed him to let him loose at the end of the season, but the club claimed that the clause had expired in June.Barcelona has said they need Messi to stay until the end of the season.his contract in June 2021 The contract includes a termination clause of 700 million euros ($837 million).
Barcelona have said that it has presented the Argentine with a two-year extension that will keep him at the club until the 2022–23 season.He is also willing to meet personally with the player to check him out and convince him to stay and finish his career at the club where he started playing almost 20 years ago.
Neither party made concessions at Wednesday’s assembly in Barcelona, with Jorge Messi confirming that his son wanted to leave and Barcelona reiterated that he would not settle for his transfer request.Negotiations have not scheduled to circulate, but Barcelona said it still expected Messi to replace his brain over his departure.
Messi has not yet spoken publicly since the 8–2 loss to Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals, one of the worst in the player’s career and in the club’s history.The defeat crowned a disappointing season for Barcelona, the first since 2007-08.
Messi, 33, had openly opposed the club’s leaders during the season and has not performed at the club since the team returned to education on Monday.He also skipped the required coronavirus tests the team underwent on Sunday.
The player’s representatives ensure that the clause that allows him to leave the club on the loose remains in force because the season has been postponed by the coronavirus pandemic.
Barcelona is expected to start their season against Villarreal in the Spanish league at the end of the month.
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