Lionel Messi is reportedly surprised over Barcelona not renewing his contract, a decision issued yesterday rocking the football world.
His contract expired on 30 June, and both Messi and the Spanish League didn’t renew the contract.
“Although an agreement has been reached between Barcelona and Leo Messi, it will not be able to be formalized due to economic and structural obstacles (The Spanish League regulations),” Barca said in a statement, pointing to La Liga’s salary cap rules that would prevent the Argentine’s contract from being registered.
FC Barcelona stated that Messi should accept a 50 percent reduction in salary to make it happen but league regulations made it an impossibility.
The other economic clause concerns the six-fold golden ball that was earning 12£ million per month, which is impossible to recruit him and to spend such a sum for any club today, according to El Mundo.
“The club is more important than anything, even more important than the best player in the world,” Laporta told a news conference.
“The chances of changing the situation and re-signing with Messi? I don’t want to give fake hope. We had a deadline because the Spanish League will start soon, now Messi can look for other options.”, he continued.
In the summer of 2020, with one year left on his four-year, $675-million Barcelona contract, Messi went public about his desire to leave, citing a falling out with club management. He said he had a verbal agreement with then-president Josep Bartomeu that he would be released from his contract with the club.
Currently, Paris Saint Germain is hoping to convince Messi to move to Paris and suggested signing a contract with him after that Barcelona was unable to offer the forward a new contract at the Nou Camp.
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