Good news for the fans of football is that now, their favourite player Messi will not leave his fomer team Barcelona. Argentina star Lionel Messi on Friday confirmed he is not going anywhere but would be staying at Barcelona despite stressing that he wanted to leave the club on a free transfer. Messi said he would never want to drag the Catalans to court over the 700 million euro release clause which has led to disagreement between both the parties. In an interview with a leading sports daily, Lionel Messi said he would be staying at Barcelona and his attitude will never change despite his attempt to force an exit after their trophy-less season in 2019-20.
Messi, last week, sent a notice to Barcelona, saying he was invoking a contract clause that allowed him to leave for free at the end of the season. However, Barcelona claimed that the clause had expired in June. Barcelona said it wanted Messi to stay until the end of his contract in June 2021. Messi's father and agent, Jorge had arrived in Barcelona earlier this week to hold discussions with the top management. He published a letter to La Liga on Friday dismissing their claim that a 700 million euro release clause in his son's contract still applied.
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"I will continue at Barca and my attitude will not change no matter how much I have wanted to go. I will do my best. I always want to win, I'm competitive and I don't like to lose anything. I always want the best for the club, for the dressing room and for myself," Messi said. Meanwhile, Messi said he had made a thought to leave the club and that he had been telling Josep Bartomeu all year about it. Messi stressed the unrest did not emerge due to their 2-8 defeat in the Champions League quarter-final against Bayern Munich.
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