Officially .. Lionel Messi is outside the walls of Barcelona
During the past hours, Argentine star Lionel Messi has officially become outside the walls of Barcelona, with his contract expiring at midnight last night, according to Spanish time.
And the moment that frightened the Barcelona fans for a long time came, as described by the newspaper "Marca", with the hope that the player will return with a new contract, as promised by club president Joan Laporta.
Since his first contract with the club, Messi has spent 7,504 days, in which he achieved everything that any club dreamed of, and even more than what the Barcelona fans dreamed of, along with six golden balls, which placed the "flea" on the throne of world football stars over the past 16 years.
Now there is no longer anything legally linking Messi to FC Barcelona, as he has become a free player, and he can move to any club he wishes without a penalty clause.
This means that Barcelona will have to agree a new contract with him if they are to ensure his continuation at the club.
Although Laporta made a previous offer to Messi and his father, but the Argentine star rejected it, arguing that it is not what he desires, and because of the debts that burden Barcelona, the dilemma that Laporta finds himself in is evident, as on the one hand he desperately wants to keep Messi, as was the most prominent promise he made to the Barcelona fans. However, the difficulty of providing financial liquidity with debts close to two billion euros, makes providing an annual salary to Messi of about 130 million euros, almost impossible, and his most prominent bet on Messi’s love and attachment to Barcelona, and the extent of his ability to sacrifice and reduce his financial demands, while large clubs in Europe are now seeking to seduce him in all possible ways.
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