Lionel Messi during the Champions League quarter-final between Barça and Bayern Munich, August 14, 2020. -

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This was the trend of the last few hours, and he confirmed it himself in a recorded video, in which he answers Goal's questions.

Lionel Messi has finally decided to stay at FC Barcelona.

“I would never go to court against the club in my life,” he said.

But that's not why he gives up the fight against his president.

“I was not happy and wanted to leave.

I was not allowed to do this and will stay at the club so as not to enter into a legal conflict.

The management of the club led by Josep Bartomeu is a disaster.

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🚨 WORLD EXCLUSIVE 🚨



Lionel Messi will NOT be leaving Barcelona, ​​we can confirm.



We sat down with the man himself to clear up a few things 🐐



Here's what he had to say: pic.twitter.com/NfnhGpZpXc

- Goal (@goal) September 4, 2020

The English media had indicated in recent days that Pep Guardiola had advised him to stay another year in Catalonia to finish his contract there, before joining him.

Earlier in the day, his father had tried one last bluff by ensuring that the release clause of 700 million euros could no longer apply, because his son had played well the one allowing him to leave for free from Barcelona.

"We do not know which contract you analyzed and on what basis you draw the conclusion that a release clause applies, since the player has unilaterally decided to terminate his contract before the end of the 2019-2020 season", a- he wrote to Javier Tevas, the president of the Spanish league.

It seems that nobody really believed in this version. 

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