Lionel Messi pushed towards the exit in Barcelona.
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CRISTINA QUICLER / AFP
No denial, an admission in itself, but a press release especially so as not to have to take responsibility for seeing Messi leave at the end of the season.
As expected, Barça quickly became indignant at El Mundo's revelations on the more than pharaonic contract signed by Lionel Messi in 2017. 555 million euros over four years, of which 8% remains to be paid by the end of June , or 44 million euros precisely.
The Catalan club “regrets the publication of a private document whose principles have been established under the seal of confidentiality between the parties.
FC Barcelona categorically denies any responsibility for the disclosure of this document and will take the necessary legal steps against the newspaper
El Mundo
”.
📝 Press release on Leo #Messi https://t.co/KoVct62P2J
- FC Barcelona (@fcbarcelona_fra) January 31, 2021
No denial of the figures put forward
Pretty great to see that the club does not bother to deny the figures announced, only upset by the idea that one might think that the leak is coming from within, to pass the pill of a departure from Messi. next summer with socios.
"FC Barcelona gives its absolute support to Lionel Messi, faced with this attempt to discredit his image and his relationship with the club where he grew up to become the best player in history."
However, it is difficult to see the Argentinian clan having risked such a flight, which leaves little doubt about the intended intention: to make his departure inevitable at the end of the season, in part because of a contract that has put the club in great financial difficulty in recent seasons.
What a mess there, two weeks away from facing PSG in the Champions League.
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