Messi's burofax announcing to Barcelona that he wants to leave the Blaugrana club as soon as possible has not only caught Barcelona off guard. The teams that could potentially take over the operation also fit the news with surprise. because they didn't expect this reaction from Barça's 10. Faced with an unforeseen scenario, the pieces begin to move and yesterday the sports director of Paris Saint-Germain, Leonardo de Araújo got in touch with the most direct environment of the player to know first-hand what the situation is.
Leonardo contacted for have a base on which to work in an unexpected scenario. I wanted to know the reality of the player's legal status regarding the clause that linked him to Barcelona, how many years of contract would you like, at what price and pass this information on to those responsible for the finances of the French team.
It is, finally, a first contact that later he had another call to clarify some doubts and Leonardo wanted to make it very clear that he could not promise anything, because there are many factors to consider in this gigantic operation. Factors that go beyond sports and that affect financial fair play, the club's salary mass and a series of collateral contracts that affect a scenario that neither PSG nor City had planned.
The Parisian team is also aware that City has an advantage in this regard, although they are also in a similar situation in Manchester. That is to say, recomposing budgets to try to take advantage of a market opportunity that did not even arise a week ago.
Faced with this scenario, Inter, another of the possible candidates for the bid, already almost gives up the game because they see that they cannot compete against these two adversaries.
In any case, what seems to be confirmed is that the still Barça player took the step of sending the burofax and breaking the deck without a solid safety net to give him an exit. PSG and City are now working to see how they deal with the operation and that is why Leonardo has already called the player's environment, who continues in thunderous silence.