Lionel Messi is considering staying at Barcelona. La Pulga – the nickname Messi – is considering staying at the Estadio Camp Nou after his father, Jorge Messi, twice met Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu.
According to Marca’s report, Messi survived because he could not leave Barcelona for free in the 2020 summer transfer market. For your information, Messi had asked Barcelona management to activate clause number 24 that he had contracted, namely moving for free in the summer of 2020.
However, Barcelona’s management refused to comply with Messi’s request. Because in their view, the clause that says Messi can move for free in the summer of 2020 has expired since 10 June 2020.
Even so, that’s not the only reason Messi chose to stay at Barcelona, at least until the La Pulga contract – Messi’s nickname – ends on June 30, 2021. According to the Daily Express report, Messi does not want to follow in the footsteps of Neymar Jr, who left Barcelona in a bad way in the summer. 2017.
For your information, Neymar’s move from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) shocked Barcelona fans. At that time, PSG took Neymar with a value of 222 million euros, or approximately IDR 3.85 trillion. This nominal value makes Neymar the most expensive player in the world to date.
At that time Barcelona fans thought Neymar moved to PSG because of money. For your information, by moving to PSG, Neymar’s income has increased many times!
This made Barcelona fans angry with Neymar. When rumors of Neymar’s return to Barcelona in the summer of 2019 emerged, Blaugrana fans balked at the above discourse.
Conditions above that Messi did not want to experience. Since he has been defending Barcelona for 20 years, Messi wants to say goodbye to Cules – a term for Barcelona fans.
Messi has defended Barcelona since 2000. After four years or in 2004, Messi was promoted to the first team. Starting from a coating player, Messi finally got the status of mainstay personnel from 2006-2007.
From 2006-2007 until now, Messi is Barcelona’s mainstay player. Recorded from 731 matches in all competitions, Messi scored 634 goals and that is the most of any player in Barcelona.
One more thing, Messi is listed as the player who has given the most trophies for Barcelona, which is 33 titles. Therefore, Messi certainly wants to give a sweet farewell gift if he leaves Barcelona later.
