Lionel Messi’s Father Says He Might Keep At Barcelona: Reviews | Soccer Information

Jorge Messi, father and agent of Lionel Messi, appeared to concede his son might stay at Barcelona this season, in keeping with footage broadcast by Spanish media on Thursday. Messi senior seemingly replied “sure” when requested by a reporter if they’d thought-about the opportunity of staying on the membership for one more season after which leaving free of charge subsequent yr, in a video recorded by Spanish TV station Cuatro.  The pictures had been captured as Jorge Messi pulled right into a parking storage reportedly for one more day of conferences with the household’s attorneys.

He had arrived in Barcelona on Wednesday, touchdown on the personal terminal in El Prat airport on a flight from the Argentine metropolis of Rosario.

Six-time Ballon d’Or winner Messi boycotted Barcelona’s first pre-season coaching session on Monday, as he tries to pressure his method out of the membership he joined as a 13-year-old.

Messi additionally failed to attend a coronavirus test at Barcelona’s coaching floor on Sunday.

Messi’s father was adopted all through the town by reporters and TV crews on Wednesday, and advised reporters it might be “tough” for his son to remain at Barcelona.

Based on native stories, membership administrators met with Messi and his advisors for greater than two hours on Wednesday, however neither celebration was prepared to change their stance. Additional negotiations are anticipated to be held sooner or later between Barcelona and Messi’s entourage, which additionally contains his brother Rodrigo.

Barcelona insist their captain stays below contract till June 2021 and can solely depart if his 700-million-euro ($833 million) launch clause is activated, a stance that has been backed up by La Liga, who say that launch clause nonetheless applies.

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However Messi and his attorneys argue he’s allowed to go free of charge this summer season in keeping with one other clause in his contract, which they declare was triggered on August 25 when a burofax stating Messi’s intention to go away arrived at Camp Nou.

Abu Dhabi-owned Manchester Metropolis have expressed an curiosity in signing him.