Jorge Messi, the daddy and agent of Lionel Messi, revealed a response to La Liga on Friday, insisting the FC Barcelona striker’s 700-million-euro launch clause not applies. Messi senior claims the discharge clause is eradicated as quickly because the participant takes up the selection in his contract to go away for free of charge, which Messi’s side take into account he did when he notified Barca by burofax on August 25. Throughout the letter addressed to La Liga president Javier Tevas, Jorge Messi claims to quote a clause in Messi’s contract that claims: “This launch clause will not apply when the participant’s willpower to unilaterally rescind the contract takes impression from the highest of the 2019-2020 season.”
La Liga had backed up Barcelona’s place ultimate weekend by saying that Messi’s launch clause stays professional. And the Spanish league reacted almost immediately by reiterating their stance and saying Jorge Messi’s interpretation of the contract was “out of context” and “far eradicated” from its wording.
Jorge Messi‘s bullish assertion signifies his son stays devoted to leaving Barca this summer time season, no matter methods the 33-year-old’s stance could very properly be softening.
Nonetheless, there was no overt declaration that Messi will nonetheless depart, possibly offering some hope to Barcelona supporters.
The validity of the discharge clause in Messi’s contract is significant because of its existence means Messi could very properly be liable to pay the amount himself if he joined one different membership nonetheless misplaced a subsequent approved battle in court docket docket.
Barcelona take into account the selection inside the participant’s contract that allowed him to go away for free of charge expired on June 10.
Messi’s side insisted the deadline was the highest of the season, which was extended into August because of pandemic.
Notably, Jorge Messi did not level out a particular date when quoting that clause in his assertion.
“We do not know which contract you possibly can have analysed and what is the basis that leads you to conclude there was an related launch clause if the participant decided to unilaterally end his contract on the end of the 19-20 season,” he wrote.
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He gives that it was an “obvious error in your half”.
Messi’s father had held talks with Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu on Thursday nonetheless all sides reiterated their arguments and no settlement was reached.
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