Barcelona's club offices played host to a meeting between Jorge Messi and Josep Maria Bartomeu on Wednesday afternoon as discussions went on for two hours before coming to the conclusion that the Blaugrana will not negotiate the sale of Lionel Messi.
They have claimed that in public and internally and the player's position remains the same; that he wishes to leave the club, and so the chess game continues.
The highly-anticipated meeting took place on the same day that Messi's father and representative arrived from Rosario and also saw Javier Bordas, a Barcelona director, and Rodrigo Messi, the player's brother and advisor, attend.
The two parties are still some way away from any agreement despite the lengthy talks which were held.
Bartomeu insists that the release clause in the deal expired on June 10, meaning that Messi is under contract and should return to training, which he is yet to do.
The club president also repeated that they would not negotiate the sale of Messi under any circumstances as he forms a key part of their sporting project and is under contract.
From Messi's side, they point to the burofax which was sent, making clear his desire to leave and taking advantage of the clause in spirit, allowing him to leave for free.
piceknsy
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The biggest problem of all time is this dude
Atyraj
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I am not sure in what sense you guys are telling the way Messi chosen is in correct... try to feed in your brain that he has a contract clause to leave for free ... no one can point any wrongdoing with Mess using that Clause... now whether to interpret the date in the contract as end of the season or strictly calendar date is what something the court or FIFA to decide.... Moreover Messi is ready to leave on mutual agreement if not for free.... Binding him to Barcelona just because he didn’t inform on hard cutoff date and not allowing him either on free or negotiated fee with interested teams is a terrible treatment by Barcelona board who are proving once again how idiotic and corrupted this board is.. what if Messi informed them before June 10 and had left to MC in between La Liga and CL trophy? Then the board and so called perfectionist wouldn’t talk about the contract clause but rather Messi loyalty ... either way the Spanish govt, Barca board and La Liga management want to make Messi slave to this team ... shame on you idiots... I would suggest Messi to play for Barcelona this year and slap all these frucking idiots by leaving to MC on Free transfer next year .... Messi shouldn’t be even reducing his wage by even a penny due to COVID or Board financial situation.. simply fruck this corrupted league and club who hardly cares for the feelings of the most loyal and dedicated player this club had ever seen