The developments in the crisis of the Argentine star Lionel Messi and Barcelona do not stop, and the past hours have recently witnessed a meeting between the club president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, and Jorge Messi, the father of the Barca captain and his agent.
The newspaper Mundo Deportivo, close to Barcelona, said that Jorge, who is currently in Argentina, will travel to Spain to meet Bartomeu next Wednesday.
She explained that Messi's father will seek to find an amicable solution that ends the current crisis, in a way that allows his son to leave the Catalan club without entering into a legal battle.
On the other hand, the newspaper confirmed that the position of the Barcelona president has not changed and he will attend the meeting to confirm his refusal to allow Messi to leave before the end of his contract in 2021, or to obtain the value of the penalty clause estimated at 700 million euros.
The source indicated that Bartomeu will not only stick to the Argentine star, but will also offer to extend the contract between the two parties.
Barcelona became in a position of strength after the Spanish League (Liga) issued a statement today confirming that Messi could not leave his team without paying the penalty clause, in contrast to the leaks that spoke earlier that the player could leave for free this summer.
Mundo Deportivo said that Bartomeu does not want Messi to leave the club during his term in office, and he will work to keep the player until the elections scheduled for early next year, and the new administration will have the opportunity to decide on the player's future.