The future of Lionel Messi has been at the forefront of the sporting world ever since he sent a burofax to Barcelona notifying his request to leave the club on Tuesday.null
The delivery of the letter came as an emotional shock for people associated with the Catalan giants, who had hoped that their captain would stay, despite the ongoing problems at the club.
But the truth is, Barcelona already knew the fate of their main man since July, so while the burofax left many fans speechless, the people in the boardroom would’ve been less surprised.
Messi and his agents had already made up their mind a month and a half ago that this would be his last season at the club and had told the board that he was not renewing his contract.
However, all information regarding the departure of Messi had been informal up until the delivery of the burofax on Tuesday.
Despite all the issues surrounding the departure of Messi, Barcelona are still insisting that the Argentine has to honour his contract as he did not announce that he wanted to leave before June 10.null
Left without an answer from Barcelona
Messi’s lawyers have stated yesterday that the Argentine wants to leave the club and he wants to do so in a friendly way.
Going out of the back door is something he wants to avoid and, for this reason, his legal representatives have asked the board for a meeting.
More than 24 hours later, Messi hasn’t received an answer, although the club have already made it clear that they will only sit down to discuss a renewal and never his sale.
The club has also stated that whoever wants the Argentine, would have to pay his 700 million euro release clause.
