Although Lionel said goodbye to the club where he grew up and spent his entire career, held an emotional conference where he explained what his plans were and where things got stuck, hugged his teammates and greeted the fans, the saga about his football future has not yet ended.
“It’s not over until the fat woman sings,” says a famous saying, and that looks like water and people at the top of Barcelona.
Messi, who confirmed that PSG is one of the options and clubs in which he could continue his career, has not yet accepted their offer and scheduled a flight to Paris, but has gone to Ibiza to get away from the public and pressure to continue his career.
A few hours later, he was followed by Joan Laporta, a longtime friend and former and current president of Barcelona.
According to numerous European and Catalan media, Laporta will meet with Messi in Ibiza, in an attempt to propose the last plan that would keep the icon of Barcelona “at home”.
What no one knows is what Laporta will have to present to the Messiah, since it is known that his stay in Barcelona is almost impossible and equal to a miracle.
Namely, “Blaugrana” and Leo had agreed conditions for a new contract, since the Argentine’s old one expired in June.
Under the new contract, Messi would receive about 50 percent less annual salary compared to the previous contract, and that salary would be paid off deferred. It would be a five-year contract, with the option to terminate after the second year.
Laporta and Messi presented those details at press conferences, held after the club announced that Messi was leaving his beloved club.
However, despite the good will of both sides, La Liga’s rules on club payment limits took precedence and made it impossible for Barcelona to register Messi, but also four new reinforcements (Aguero, Depay, Emerson, Garcia).
Namely, La Liga’s rule says that the total salaries of players of any club must not exceed a certain figure, which is 348 million euros in Barcelona’s case.
As the Catalan club violated that rule last year, and is in a financial debt in the amount of more than 1.2 billion euros, the president of the Spanish championship, Javier Tebas, decided not to meet Barcelona again and be sharp in applying his rule.
This means that Barcelona, if it did not make drastic changes (eg sold Griezmann, Kutin, Pjanic, Umtiti, Brightweit, Lengle …) could not register the Messiah, even if he accepted to play for a symbolic annual sum, or even if there is no salary.
Also, the rule says that the annual salaries of players of Spanish clubs must not exceed 100 percent of the annual salary of that club, and the fact that Barça is in financial chaos is shown by the fact that the “softened” Messi’s contract would amount to about 95 percent of the club’s total income.
As for PSG, its fans are eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Argentine at the airports in Paris.
Numerous media state that the team from the capital of France reserved the Eiffel Tower in order to present probably the best football player in the history of this sport, who would even be welcomed by President Macron.
According to the transfer expert from Sky, Fabricio Romano, the people at the head of PSG are patient, which is a key feature in such situations.
The club from Paris is convinced that the last draft contract, from 48 hours ago, which was forwarded to the Messiah, satisfied the Argentine and that he accepted it.
It is alleged that this is a two-year cooperation, worth 35 million per year, and that Messi is expected in the afternoon in the capital of France.
The saga about the future of Lionel Messi is coming to an end.
Whether there will be a miraculous return to Barcelona, the expected transfer to PSG, or Messi will decide to shock the whole world and return to Argentine Newells or go to Leeds with his friend Bielsa, we will find out in a new episode of this drama.
Aleksandar Petrović (COM)AlexPetro23)
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