The information is on the front page of all sports information sites in Spain. Lionel Messi would have, this Tuesday, communicated to the leaders of FC Barcelona his desire to leave the Catalan club this summer. The six-fold Ballon d'Or would have expressly requested by fax the activation of the clause provided for in his contract allowing him to terminate it unilaterally each year. This clause expired on June 10. But according to the Argentinian media TyC Sports , the star believes that it is still valid because of the health situation. Expiring in 2021, his contract is also subject to a release clause for an amount of 700 million euros.
The 33-year-old Lionel Messi has spent his entire career at FC Barcelona with which he won, among others, four Champions Leagues, ten Spanish league titles and six Copa del Rey. A pure product of Masia, the local training center, the Argentinian had a very bad experience of the humiliation of his team against Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals of the Champions League ten days ago in Lisbon (8-2) . The arrival of Ronald Koeman as coach would not have convinced "La Pulga" to take the gamble of reconstruction. Manchester United, Manchester City, coached by his former coach Pep Guardiola, and Inter Milan are the most popular drop-off points to welcome the star.
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