Josep Maria Bartomeu reported that Lionel Messi is a Free Agent.
Barcelona President Bartomeu has admitted that their talisman Lionel Messi can move away from the club next summer without Barcelona receiving a dime.
The 32 year old has tested no other club in his life than Barcelona and is currently on a contract that will see him at the club until 2021, the young Leo graduated in the Barcelona academy and return the favor when the whole world acknowledge his brilliance in soccer.
He has won five (5) Ballon d’Or with the Catalans and four Champions League with the club, currently the club’s highest goal scorer both in the domestic league and on international competitions, he also guided the club to ten (10) La Liga crowns, the Argentine also won six (6) Copas del Rey with the Catalan giants.
But Barcelona President Maria Bartomeu brought up a strange verse on Friday that the club has no intentions of keeping the Argentine if the player himself choose to leave and that the club receiving the Barcelona star could get the services of the talented playmaker for nothing more than a cent, this came up as a surprise but the Barcelona President stated that it won’t be the first time the club will be involved in this kind of risky deal, he stated that both Andres Iniesta, Xavi Hernandez and Carles Puyol has undergone this kind of deal at their end of their Barcelona career.
The President said last Friday, “Messi signed until 2021. It was agreed that at the end of the penultimate season he is at liberty to leave for free,” the Blaugrana president told Barca TV.
“He has earned that freedom to decide his future, but he is very Cule and I am calm. Xavi, Iniesta and Puyol had the same clause.
“We couldn’t give Messi a different clause, but I repeat, I am in no doubt he will stay for many years.”
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