08/25/2020 - 23:50
- Clarín.com
- sports
The announcement of Lionel Messi, ready to leave Barcelona immediately, is the main cover story in Spanish sports newspapers. The press of that country echoed the announcement of the Argentine and reflected the "total war" with the leadership of the Catalan club.
The man from Rosario hit the negotiating table hard. By formal and legal means, he communicated to Barcelona that he wants to execute a clause to change the air. If that exit route were fulfilled, the club chaired by Josep María Bartomeu would not receive a single peso.
However, the leadership has already warned that there is conflict . Is that, according to his version, the clause had to be executed before June 10. And if you wanted to leave now, you would have to pay 700 million euros.
From the player's environment they interpret that that date was extended by the reconfiguration of the calendar due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Lionel Messi and his departure from Barcelona, on the cover of the Sport newspaper.
In this context, the newspaper "Sport" was categorical : "Total war!"
He emphasizes that Messi uses the fine print of his contract to leave Barcelona and remarks that the club "ensures that his clause to leave has expired and will not negotiate his transfer."
Despite that confrontation, the Catalan Sport mentions PSG, Inter, Manchester United and Manchester City as those interested in adding Messi for next season.
Cover of Mundo Deportivo on the request to leave Lionel Messi from Barcelona.
"Mundo Deportivo" , the other newspaper identified with the Blaugrana shirt , uses a giant title on a black background: "He wants to go!". And he qualifies the news as the "Messi Bomb".
With an image of the Argentine, with his back and his head down, the newspaper summarizes the novelty in six points.
"The board asks him to reconsider and wants him to finish his career at the Camp Nou," says "Mundo Deportivo". And it takes the voice of the club to declare the player as "non-transferable patrimony".
In addition, he says that Leo personally communicated with Pep Guardiola to find out if Manchester City could "assume his signing."
Cover of the newspaper As on the request of removal of Lionel Messi from Barcelona.
The newspaper "As", on the other hand, stops in the cold goodbye for a player so identified with the colors of Barcelona: "Goodbye for burofax".