At least until next season, Barcelona captain Lionel Messi will stay with the team after the passage of time on a clause in his contract allowing him to leave the Catalan club for free on June 30 of each year.
The contract of the legend extends to the summer of next season, but when he renewed his contract in 2017, he put a clause allowing him to leave the end of each season for free to any destination he wanted.
The "Bulgá" did not inform the Barca administration of his desire to leave, which means that he continues to "Camp Nou" despite the problems and differences between him and the sports director Eric Abidal, and his dissatisfaction with the contracts and the appointment of coach Sittin.
The captain of the Argentine national team has on more than one occasion repeated his desire to retire from the Barça shirt, the club that signed his first contract in 2005 and renewed him eight times.
It is reported that the Spanish newspaper "El Pais" was the first to leak the details of Messi's contract, and the information was confirmed by his colleague Gerard Pique, saying that "after everything Messi presented to the club, it is his right to be able and free to determine his fate and future."
And the Argentine magician said that football or life itself will not return to normal after the Corona virus pandemic.
Barcelona's official website quoted extracts from Messi's comments to the newspaper "El Pais" on Sunday, saying: "I think football is like life in general, it will never be the same."
The season was decided to resume on June 11th, when Seville will meet with its arch-rival Real Betis in the Seville city derby, while Barca will be visiting Mallorca on Saturday 13th of this month, 24 hours before Real Madrid's meeting with his guest Eibar, where all the matches are played Behind closed doors due to the epidemic.