Will his time in Catalonia soon be history? Football star Lionel Messi is worshiped like a demigod in Barcelona.
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Now the Wunderkicker is on strike. Will the number 10 still run for Barça in the future?
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Keystone
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The club insists on a transfer fee of over 700 million euros. Messi, however, asserts that this clause is no longer applicable.
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Update in the Messi circus: This Sunday does not help to resolve the dispute between Lionel Messi and FC Barcelona – on the contrary.
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Probably the best footballer in the world apparently no longer wants to lift a finger for his long-standing club Barcelona. According to Spanish media reports, the Messi will neither appear for training nor do the corona and other medical tests. Instead, the Spanish media want to know, Messi had the club informed of his absence through his father and agent Jorge Messi. This was reported by VIEW on Sunday night.
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The update on Sunday
In the course of the day it becomes clear: Messi will actually skip these tests on Sunday morning! This means that he is not allowed to participate in the first team training session on Monday. So the magic flea is serious.
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At noon, LaLiga tunes in, is drawn to creating clarity. Key message in the official letter: Messi’s contract is still valid. He missed pulling the termination clause before the end of the season (Everything about the controversy about Messi’s contract can be found here). The transfer fee stipulated in his contract is still current. The Argentine is therefore not allowed to leave Barça for free because the contract is still running.
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Has this resolved the confusion surrounding the EUR 700 million release clause?
Messi previously insisted on leaving the club for a free transfer. The Spanish news portal «SER chain» even reports that the 700 million euro exit clause expired at the end of the 2019/2020 season and the club had not renewed it.
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The club, however, insists that the clause continue to apply. Messi, it is said, should have asserted the transfer-free exit within the deadline that expired at the end of June. So now the league comes to the aid of the club.
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But now it has also been announced that Messi is said to have informed the club bosses more than six weeks ago of his plans to leave the club by 2021 despite the contract after the season.
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Go to court?
There are many indications that the parties to the dispute will see themselves in court. Separation by mutual consent no longer seems possible. It’s about a lot of money, power, prestige.
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During the week it was said that Messi definitely wants to be there at the start of training on Monday in order not to unnecessarily provoke the club leadership and teammates. What made the magic flea turn about?
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There are enough people interested in the icon of FC Barcelona. Rumor has it that Manchester City will be given the best chance. Paris St. Germain, Juventus Turin and Inter Milan should also flirt with the wonderful footballer. FC Bayern, on the other hand, is not interested. Transfer fees in this amount of Messi would not correspond to the philosophy of the club, let Bayern boss Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (64) know. (kes / str)