A year after Argentine star Lionel Messi asked to leave Barcelona, the Blaugrana captain is satisfied, and is looking forward to signing a new contract with the club after his contract officially expired at the end of last month.
Despite the confirmation of the Spanish press - including the newspaper "Marca" (MARCA) the day before yesterday, Wednesday - the agreement between Barcelona and Messi on the new contract, Marca asked a question and answered it: Why was there not an official announcement of the new contract?
And what remains to be resolved until the deal is signed and announced?
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The newspaper said that the new contract - which it called "Secrets of Messi's Contract" - is for 5 years, that is, until 2026, and he may play only the next two seasons for Barcelona, after which he will move to the American League as an ambassador for the Catalan club, which will enable the club to distribute the contract money. Messi over 5 years instead of two years.
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She added that Messi's huge salary in his last decade - which amounted to more than half a billion euros and made him the most profitable in the history of all professional sports - will not be repeated for many reasons, including the financial crisis that afflicts Barcelona due to the Corona pandemic, so the imaginary salary will be reduced by half, and this will be It is a huge help to the Catalan club, not only because it makes Messi's contract more viable, but so as not to violate the economic controls of the Spanish League, whose president announced last week that he would not tolerate Messi's contract.
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The newspaper stressed that the lack of official announcement of the new contract has several reasons, including the necessity of its financial compatibility with other contracts concluded by the club with Sergio Aguero, Memphis Depay and Eric Garcia, which requires the dispensation of a group of players, such as Trincao, Junior Firpo, and Conrad de la Fuente, Jean-Clair Todibo, and Carles Alenia to provide funds for the deal.
But this is like putting pennies in a piggy bank to be enough to save for a Ferrari, so to make room for Messi’s salary, one of the big stars in the team must also leave, and the players most likely to leave are Philippe Coutinho, Osman Dembele or Antoine Griezmann, with the latter linked to a swap deal to return to Atletico Madrid instead of Saul, who Barcelona will have to find a way to score as well.
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On the other hand, Barcelona's sponsors want to complete the Messi deal as soon as possible, especially since many contracts with sponsors of the main clubs expire in 2021, because the fact that everyone realizes that sponsorship contracts without Messi will be significantly negatively affected, in addition to the team being affected by Messi's absence. Technically speaking.