Lionel Messi’s father Jorge Messi arrived in Barcelona on Wednesday.© AFP
Jorge Messi, father and agent of Lionel Messi, appeared to concede his son may keep at Barcelona this season, in response to footage broadcast by Spanish media on Thursday. Messi senior seemingly replied “certain” when requested by a reporter if that that they had considered the potential of staying on the membership for yet one more season after which leaving with out spending a dime subsequent yr, in a video recorded by Spanish TV station Cuatro. The photographs had been captured as Jorge Messi pulled proper right into a parking storage reportedly for yet one more day of conferences with the family’s authorized professionals.
He had arrived in Barcelona on Wednesday, landing on the private terminal in El Prat airport on a flight from the Argentine metropolis of Rosario.
Six-time Ballon d’Or winner Messi boycotted Barcelona’s first pre-season teaching session on Monday, as he tries to drive his strategy out of the membership he joined as a 13-year-old.
Messi moreover failed to attend a coronavirus test at Barcelona’s teaching flooring on Sunday.
Messi’s father was adopted all by way of the city by reporters and TV crews on Wednesday, and knowledgeable reporters it may very well be “troublesome” for his son to stay at Barcelona.
Based mostly on native critiques, membership directors met with Messi and his advisors for larger than two hours on Wednesday, nonetheless neither celebration was ready to alter their stance. Extra negotiations are anticipated to be held in the end between Barcelona and Messi’s entourage, which moreover comprises his brother Rodrigo.
Barcelona insist their captain stays beneath contract until June 2021 and may solely depart if his 700-million-euro ($833 million) launch clause is activated, a stance that has been backed up by La Liga, who say that launch clause nonetheless applies.
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Nonetheless Messi and his authorized professionals argue he is allowed to go with out spending a dime this summer time season in response to 1 different clause in his contract, which they declare was triggered on August 25 when a burofax stating Messi’s intention to depart arrived at Camp Nou.
Abu Dhabi-owned Manchester Metropolis have expressed an curiosity in signing him.
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