Messi has communicated to FC Barcelona that he wants to "unilaterally" terminate his contract (club) - Manu Fernandez / AP / SIPA

Messi and FC Barcelona, ​​a story soon to be over… The Argentinian player, six-time Golden Ball, trained at the club he joined at age 13, communicated to the club by fax that he wanted “unilaterally” to terminate his contract, a source within the Catalan club confirmed to AFP on Tuesday.

The club considers, for its part, that his contract is still valid until June 30, 2021, this source told AFP.

Half a surprise? Lionel Messi was announced in cold with the Catalan club and its sports policy. The recent slap against Bayern Munich in the Champions League, no doubt also played in the balance. "We did not want to end this way, but that sums up our whole year: we have been a very irregular team, very weak, beaten to the intensity or to the desire, which takes easily, let loose Messi at the outcome of the meeting.

The Argentine superstar of FC Barcelona Lionel Messi (33), in contract until June 30, 2021 with Barça, communicated to the club by fax that he wishes "unilaterally" to terminate his contract, a source confirmed to AFP within the Catalan club on Tuesday.

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