Lionel Messi, through a letter written by his father Jorge to La Liga, once again affirmed that he could leave FC Barcelona without transfer compensation during this transfer window.
In the letter, published by the Catalan sports press, Jorge Messi evokes the central point of the conflict: the clause, brandished by Barça and La Liga, which would oblige Lionel Messi to pay 700 million euros to the Blaugranas to be able to leave.
"We do not know which contract was analyzed and what are the bases on which it is concluded that there would be a termination clause", explains the letter, pointing to "an obvious error" of La Liga in this file.
This is the letter that Jorge Messi just sent to LaLiga in which denies LaLiga interpretation that the € 700m buyout clause is still applicable.
Jorge insists it is not applicable from the end of last season if the player decides unilaterally to leave FCB.
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- Guillem Balague (@GuillemBalague) September 4, 2020
“Thus, as stated literally in clause 8.2.3.6.
of the contract signed between the club and the player,
this compensation will not apply when the termination of the contract by unilateral decision of the player takes effect from the end of the 2019-2020 sports season
, ”continues Jorge Messi.
"Without prejudice to the other rights included in the contract and which you omit, it is obvious that the compensation of 700 million euros, provided for in clause 8.2.3.5 above, does not apply at all", concludes the letter. .
The player wishes to avoid a legal battle
The interpretation is not the same on the side of the Catalan leaders.
Barca president Josep Bartomeu, who met Jorge Messi on Wednesday, claims the possibility for the six-time Ballon d'Or to unilaterally terminate his contract expired on June 10.
The Argentine's lease at Barça ends in a year.
Without this clause, the possibility of seeing Lionel Messi evolve in another formation in Europe that Barça was revived.
But a few minutes after this announcement, the Argentinian press, through the media Tyc Sports, ensures that the striker will finally stay an additional season in Catalonia!
This turnaround could be explained by the fact that Lionel Messi would like to avoid a legal battle with his training club.
A decision likely to close, already, the soap opera of the summer?
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