Leo Messi has sent a burofax to Barça to inform them that he wants to benefit from the clause that allows him to unilaterally terminate his contract at the end of each season, although Barça said that this clause expired on June 10, so its price in the market would be 700 million. The decision to leave is final. Barça confirmed that it has received the player's burofax, but at the moment it does not pronounce.
Messi has a termination clause of 700 million euros until June 30, 2021, but the Argentine will try to hold on to the fact that the clause that freed him for free from his contract this year expired on May 10 because the season had to end on those dates and the pandemic postponed the season.
Messi's lawyers have sent a burofax explaining to Barça, according to club sources, that the season did not end naturally and that, therefore, the date of May 10 that had as a deadline to be released is not valid. And that would be valid now that the season has ended.
Although the drone had been announcing itself for days, the news exploded at the edge of 7:00 p.m. Information from TYC confirmed that the player had sent a burofax through his lawyers to Barça to leave the Barça club.
Several clues suggested the earthquake. Eric Abidal had resigned by surprise just hours after Barça announced that the “profound restructuring” of the first template. Perhaps, he did not want to go down in history as the technical secretary who was in charge of Barça when Messi left. Also, Ansu Fati had left his representative, Rodrigo Messi, the Argentine's brother, and it had been put in the hands of Jorge Mendes. But above all, it surprised the way in which Ronald Koeman spoke of Messi in his presentation. “I don't know if I have to seduce him or not,” he began. And then he made it clear on at least a couple of occasions that Messi had one more year on his contract. The meeting with Koeman did not reveal much.
But beyond contractual matters, the footballer's desire not to wear the Barcelona shirt is irreversible. A shock for Barça fans, who have idolized a footballer who has amassed 34 titles and six Ballon d'Or in the last fifteen years with Barça.