Although hours have passed since the media circulated the news of the Argentine star’s decision to leave Barcelona, ​​the Catalan club’s management has not officially come out to respond to the uproar.

Media circulated news of an urgent meeting of the Catalan club's management after receiving Messi's letter asking to leave, and confirmed that the first decision was to respond to that correspondence with an official letter addressed to the player.

The sources indicated that the Catalan club management informed Messi that it adheres to his services and will not allow him to leave before the end of his contract at the end of next season.

The Barcelona administration seems to be in a weak position in front of Messi, for which the fans took to the streets of Barcelona to demand his continuation with the team.

Those fans called on club president Josep Maria Bartomeu to leave the team, and this request seems the only solution that could convince Messi to stay with the team.

And many Spanish sites confirmed that Messi was angry at Bartomeu's decisions, and did not accept many options that caused the team's results to decline in recent years.

In the event that Bartomeu refuses to resign, the Catalan club's management will be facing a legal battle with Lionel Messi's representatives, as the player relies on a clause in his contract that allows him to leave at the end of the season, but the management confirms that this clause is no longer in effect since the end of last May.

Barcelona's administrative team has another option in case Messi is not convinced to stay, which is to negotiate with interested teams and seek to benefit from a material return from the transfer of the Argentine star before losing him for free next summer.

The way in which Cristiano Ronaldo traveled to Juventus will be the closest model Barcelona can emulate, and this will only be done by agreeing on a reasonable price well below 700 million euros, the value of the penalty clause in the Argentine player's contract.