• Barça The (difficult) accounts to retain Messi

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The most anticipated announcement by the Barça fans is only a matter of time.

This week or the next, if nothing unexpected happens,

Joan Laporta

will finally be able to officially announce the continuity of

Leo Messi

.

This has been advanced by the newspaper

L'Esportiu.

The agreement between the parties is very close and they trust that the chosen formula will allow the new record of the Barcelona star to fit in the so complicated salary limit.

Messi, in principle, would sign a contract for five seasons and would have a termination clause amounting to 600 million euros, according to said media.

However, it is possible that only wear the Barça elastic for two more courses.

After the World Cup in Qatar, to be played in December 2022, the Argentine could choose to leave the entity.

For now, so that the numbers add up, the footballer, in addition to a renewal bonus, would receive a token of 20 million euros in the 2021-22 campaign, according to

L'Esportiu,

a third of what he received in his last contract .

The OK of LaLiga

Thus, it would be possible to fit his salary within a limit that must be closely observed, as LaLiga president

Javier Tebas

has insisted

. The agreement would have already been presented to those responsible for this body and they would have given it their approval, but only if the club continues to reduce its salary bill, the newspaper reports. An objective in which a more than plausible exchange between

Griezmann

and

Saúl

with Atlético de Madrid

would have a lot to do

with it.

In 2022-23, meanwhile, Messi's record would be higher and he would also receive a considerable sum if he chooses to leave the Camp Nou in June 2023. An exit that, as pointed out some time ago, could be destined for the MLS American.

And, in the event that he decided to put aside his desire to know another type of football and bet on complying with it in full, his record would be gradually reduced over the three years that he would have left on his contract.

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