The Spanish League published a press release on Sunday in which he agrees with FC Barcelona against Lionel Messi. While the player's entourage believes that the clause allowing him to leave freely is still valid, La Liga that the contract between Messi and the Catalan club "is currently in force".
This contract “has an applicable release clause, as soon as Lionel Andrés Messi decides to unilaterally terminate it. Pursuant to this law, La Liga will not terminate the player's license as long as he has not paid the amount of this clause ”, it is specified. Clearly, if Messi wants to leave, he will have to pay his release clause of 700 million euros.
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- 20 Minutes Sport (@ 20minutesSport) August 26, 2020The special clause the Argentinian plans to use expired on June 10. But faced with the atypical nature of this season interrupted by the pandemic between March and June, the Messi clan considers that this clause is still valid. The showdown between the two parties in any case hardened this Sunday, with the player's refusal to attend the Covid screening session to which all players had to submit.
Confirmed to AFP by sources close to the club, this "no show" precipitates a little more the divorce between the Argentine legend and his club forever. The rest of the workforce responded, including his friend Luis Suarez, also starting, noted AFP journalists.
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