Lionel Messi is unemployed. It is already July 1 in Spain, therefore, the contract of the Argentine legend with Fútbol Club Barcelona expired. Should the Catalans worry?
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Monday, December 16
Messi unemployed: 21 years later the Argentine star was left without a contract with Barcelona
Officially, Lionel Messi is no longer a Barcelona Football Club player. Already in Spain the month of July began, so what many Catalans feared finally happened: the best player in his history is a free agent. Today, he is not tied to Barcelona.
What does this mean? That the club cannot use his image for preseason activities or anything like that. It just isn’t part of the template. It is not the end of an era, but it is the closest that Barcelona has come to losing its greatest legend.
In contractual terms, the situation is worse than the one in which the Argentine sent the remembered burofax to leave the club last season.
🚨 OFFICIAL: Lionel Messi’s contract has expired ❌
Right now, Messi isn’t a Barcelona player 😳 pic.twitter.com/M8rNCi8gE6
– Goal (@goal) June 30, 2023
Passed 21 years for Messi to remain without a contract . First signed on 2001, When I had 13 years. Since then, from time to time he and Barcelona reached agreements to extend the contract, always increasing the income of a world figure that with your salary you can go to the space every month if you wish .
Just the fact that Messi is a free agent is alarming. But it shouldn’t happen to adults. Their dissatisfaction with the club has disappeared over the months, and the arrival of Joan Laporta to the presidency has improved relations.
The Catalan team has never thought in negotiating your exit. On the contrary, during the latter part of the season he worked to secure a contract that would be beneficial to both the club and the players. The verbal agreement would already be made, and it would be a matter of days before it became official.
Three days ago, the renowned journalist Fabrizio Romano pointed out that the two parties feel confident to announce next week the new contract for Lionel Messi , who would be linked with Fútbol Club Barcelona until 2023 .
Lionel Messi’s contract extension with Barcelona is finally coming. 🇦🇷
Barça board and Messi’s camp feel now ‘confident’ to officially announce the agreement until June 2023 next week.
Both parties involved are working to fix ‘final details’ on contract clauses. ⏳ pic.twitter.com/dZ0zIsGeB3
– Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano)
June 21, 2021In theory, it looks very difficult for the Argentine to drastically change his mind in a few days, especially after having the agreed contract. Unless a real catastrophe occurs -for the Catalans-, Lionel Messi will continue at Barcelona.
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