08/26/2020 - 15:51
- Clarín.com
- sports
By having marked the intention to terminate his contract, even though he still has a year of relationship left, Lionel Messi would have the possibility of wearing the shirt of another club during the next season even without having reached an economic agreement with Barcelona. Why? There is a jurisprudence established both in FIFA and in the TAS that indicates that the club is obliged to grant the transfer to a footballer when he requests his pass.
The statute on which the mother house of world football is based dictates that it prioritizes the athlete's employment rights to perform their duties. Therefore, the Argentine would have no problems getting the international endorsement in case of arranging for example with Manchester City, for now the main candidate to keep his file.
However, not everything is rosy for Leo in this legal twist. If the exit is made unilaterally, inevitably afterwards it will be necessary to sit down to discuss the economic issue, since the Catalan institution remains firm in the idea that a rescission clause of 700 million euros still applies if there is an abrupt termination of the contract that ends in 2021. The same clause that, as understood by Leo's environment, does not apply.
Messi leaves Barcelona. (Photo: AP / Joan Monfort).
If there is no agreement between the parties, it will be necessary to go to the Ordinary Justice, where a judge will determine whether compensation should be consummated and the amount thereof.
There is only one case in which Messi could not leave without previously depositing the 700 club clause and that is if he does so to another Spanish club . There, yes or yes, he would need freedom of action to later obtain the license required by the Royal Spanish Football Federation.
The main legal problem for Leo is that he bases his claim on an edge of the contract that indicates that he can terminate his relationship after each season is over.
La Pulga and Guardiola could meet again in Manchester City. (Photo: AFP / Javier Soriano).
From the club they assure that this benefit expired in June and that it is no longer available, although from the side of the crack they argue that, as FIFA says, the expiration of the clauses were modified by the pandemic and that the season ended in August, the moment he decided to leave unilaterally.
In case of continuing with the idea of leaving if Barcelona does not give the arm to twist, Messi will have to hurry to get a new club, since the transfer markets of the most important leagues in Europe were stretched by the pandemic but they will only be open Until October 5.
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