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China News Service, September 5th. On the 5th Beijing time, Messi issued a personal statement, announcing his decision to stay with the team next season.
In the statement, Messi explained that although he is not happy, he will still stay in the new season because he does not want to go to court with Barcelona.
Messi said that before the end of the season, he and Bartomeu conveyed the idea of giving way to young people. At that time, Bartomeu agreed, but eventually broke his promise.
At the same time, Messi used "disaster" in the statement to describe the management led by Barça chairman Bartomeu. His current contract with Barcelona will expire in the summer of 2021.
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Earlier, Barcelona lost to Bayern Munich 2:8 in the Champions League. Many media broke rumors that Messi was about to leave the team that night.
Subsequently, many clubs such as Manchester City and Paris spread "scandals" with them.
At the same time, according to foreign media, Messi’s contract has a clause that frees the team at the end of the season.
Since then, the Barcelona club insisted that this clause in Messi's contract has expired and that if he wants to leave, he must pay a penalty of 700 million euros.
Messi's previous rumors of leaving the team.
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On August 30, Beijing time, La Liga officials issued a statement on the departure dispute between Messi and Barcelona. They stated that the existing contract between Messi and Barcelona is valid, and only a 700 million euro termination fee can be paid to leave the team.
After Messi’s father and others had a multi-party dialogue with Barcelona, Messi issued a statement to stay in the team this morning in Beijing time.
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