Lionel Messi, Barcelona ace forward, has rescinded his
decision to leave the Catalan giants.
The Argentinian, who has played for Barca for almost 20
years, had last week informed the club he wants to leave.
But on Friday, Messi said he is staying because it is
“impossible” for any team to pay his release clause.
“I thought and was sure that I was free to leave, the president always said that at the end of the season I could decide if I stayed or not,” Messi told Goal.
“Now they cling to
the fact that I did not say it before June 10, when it turns out that on June
10 we were competing for La Liga in the middle of this awful coronavirus and
this disease altered all the season.
“And this is the reason why I am going to continue in the
club. Now I am going to continue in the club because the president told me that
the only way to leave was to pay the €700m (£624m) clause, and that this is
impossible.
“There was another way and it was to go to trial. I would
never go to court against Barca because it is the club that I love, which gave
me everything since I arrived.
“It is the club of my life, I have made my life here. Barca
gave me everything and I gave it everything. I know that it never crossed my
mind to take Barca to court.”
It now means he would remain at the club for another 12
months before leaving for nothing next summer.
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