Lionel Messi is a golden boy for the entire football world and its tot easy to believe that he can leave just for free , but guess what it is true .Here is where it can be explained : Lionel Messi can leave Barcelona for nothing at the end of the season, Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has confirmed. Messi, 32, has an agreement in his current contract that allows him to depart the Nou Camp on June 30 at the end of each campaign.
Lionel Messi can leave Barcelona at the end of this season for nothing, Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has confirmed. However, he added: “I have no doubt he (Messi) will want to continue until 2021 and we hope after that another year.” (Sport)
Bartomeu has ruled out Barcelona signing Neymar from Paris Saint-Germain in January. The Catalan club are expected to renew their efforts to bring the Brazilian back to the Camp Nou next summer. (Sport)
Barcelona wanted to complete an Ivan Rakitic-Federico Bernardeschi exchange with Juventus but the deal fell through when the Serie A side demanded an additional £20m for the Italian international. (Mundo Deportivo)
However, Bartomeu believes there is no possibility of the club legend leaving the club this summer.
“I have no doubt he (Messi) will want to continue until 2021 and we hope after that another year,” he said.
Messi who has incredibly scored 603 goals in 687 appearances for Barcelona, has extended his contract eight times since 2005.
The Argentina international has previously expressed his desire to return to his native homeland and play for his childhood club Newell’s Old Boys, but it’s understood the prospect of that happening is still at least a couple of years away.
Meanwhile, Bartomeu has confirmed that the LaLiga champions will not make another move for Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar when the transfer window reopens in January.
Barcelona spent all summer trying to broker a deal to bring the Brazilian superstar back to the Nou Camp, after he left for the French capital in a world record £200m deal in 2017.
However, when asked about the prospect of Barca going back in for Neymar in January, Bartomeu replied: “No. Right now, no.”
