When the President of Barcelona, Joana Laportę, asked about the extension of Leo Messi’s contract, smiled and replied: “Take it easy”. But, at least in theory, on a Wednesday night on Thursday Argentinean became unemployed. For the first time in twenty years, he has not been bound by any contract with Barcelona. The new contract, according to the Catalan media, is practically agreed and “only the signatures are missing”. The last slogan has been in the press for several weeks, but if there was no parish, it is not.
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Leo Messi was no longer an FC Barcelona player. What is the conclusion?
Extending the contract by Messi is a formality, but at the same time an extremely onerous matter. Theoretically, if the Argentine got injured on America Cup, he would have to rely either on private insurance or on that provided by the Spanish Footballers’ Union (AFE). Catalans would also not receive compensation from FIFA in such a case, which they could count on, for example, after injured by Ousmane Dembele at the European Championships.
Barca from July 1, he cannot promote himself with new photos of the genius from Rosario. The club may use old photos, but on the Internet we will not find, for example, photos of Leo in Blaugrana’s t-shirts for the 2021/22 season. Theoretically, you will also not be able to buy a T-shirt with your name on it Messi and with the number 10. Many sponsors also make the scale of their support for Barcelona dependent on the Argentine staying, who he received a colossal salary, but at the same time generated about 25-30 percent for the Camp Nou team. revenues.
Leo Messi will stay in Barcelona despite a significant cut in salary
– A quick “yes” from Leo would help us a lot in many fields – did not hide Laport in an interview with “La Vanguardia”. The president admitted that the club’s financial situation was “much worse than he expected” and that drastic measures were needed. Barca is getting ready to cut costs, which it has just to start with Messi. The Argentine is expected to cut his salary more or less twice under a two-year contract, which the club will “reward” him by providing him with the role of Barca’s ambassador after his career ends. – I can’t imagine a scenario where Leo leaves. The more that we brought Kuna Aguerowho tells him every day to extend his contract, Laporta smiled.
Barcelona is obliged to cut costs by the LaLiga rules, which we wrote about HERE. So far, the president of Barca has agreed on four transfers to the club (Agüero, Memphis Depay, Eric Garcia, Emerson Royal) and shot only one unnecessary player, Matheus Fernandes, with whom Barca parted by e-mail. Even after reaching a deal with Messi, the Catalans will have to cut their wage bill by around 150 million euro. To this end, they would like to agree on the reduction of salaries with other pillars of the team, led by Sergio Busquetsem or Jordi Alba, and get rid of unnecessary players like Philippe Coutinho, Samuel Umtiti or even Antoine Griezmann. But will anyone be willing and able to convince them to leave Camp Nou, where footballers under Josep Maria Bartomeu lived like donuts in butter?
Sergio Ramos has erased Real Madrid from his social media
This is what Laporta will worry about later. For now, the most important thing is to extend the contract with Messi. According to recent reports, white smoke over Camp Nou is expected to appear after the end of Copa America, which Leo wants to focus on 100 percent. It is certain that another, long-term relationship in Spanish football ended on Wednesday night. After sixteen seasons Sergio Ramos parted with Real and removed information about him from his social media. The stopwatch is also to be associated with the new club soon. It is speculated that the closest to him Paris Saint Germainwhere he would meet, for example, with Keylor Navas, a former buddy from the Royal locker rooms.
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