Barcelona football fans can breathe a sigh of relief after media reports said the star of the team's attack, Lionel Messi, will remain in the squad for at least another season.
This comes because Messi (32 years) did not activate the condition contained in his contract with Barcelona, which allows him to move to any club for free this summer, according to Spanish media, the day before yesterday, quoting sources from the club and sources close to the player.
And this condition expired, last Sunday, without Messi activating it, which means his continuation within Barcelona ranks for the next season at least. Messi has been with the club's first team since 2004, and is now the oldest player on the team, and Messi's contract with Barcelona extends until June 30, 2021.
According to media reports, the value of the penal clause in the Messi contract is 700 million euros.
On the other hand, Catalonia radio, "RAC1", which is close to FC Barcelona, revealed yesterday, according to the news reported by the Spanish newspaper "AS" that Barcelona had not been immune to Corona virus infections.
The radio program revealed, through sources inside the club, that the analyzes of all the players and members of the technical and administrative staff in the club in a previous period revealed five injuries among the players and two coaches, all of them in the first football team.
He said that the injured have recovered now, especially with the start of training in preparation for the resumption of the "La Liga" competition on the 12th of this month, but without revealing the identity of the injured.
The newspaper said that the club is concerned about the possibility of being infected with the virus more than other players. Only the reserve team player, who was escalated from the reserve, Monshaw, was absent from the current training of Barcelona team, and the club did not announce the reason for his absence, while Umtiti attended the exercises despite a previous back injury, and the same is true for Anso Fati, who felt some pain in the knee.