Lionel Messi is in charge of his own future and the decision to leave or stay.
It is not a shocking situation when it comes to the topic of Lionel Messi leaving the Nou Camp after such glorious years together after the little magician had handed in a transfer request in the summer transfer window of 2020. The Argentine wanted to deliberately make an exit from the club but due to legal circumstances, he could not leave the club.
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Under contract, he was not going to be let go off easily by Barcelona. The Argentine’s contract will be officially over in the 2021 summer transfer window. However, Messi can exit the club in the upcoming January Transfer Window of 2021 itself as it will be Barcelona’s last opportunity to make money off of the sale of the club legend before he walks out for free, unless they can convince him otherwise.
Brazilian superstar and former Barcelona footballer, Edmilson has stated that it will now be Lionel Messi’s decision to leave the club and the fact that Barcelona or the La Liga as an organization cannot take legal action against him for leaving like they threatened to do in the summer transfer window of 2020.
"“I think Messi is at a moment where he can decide whether to leave or stay, but that should be decided by him, not the club.”Source Goal"
According to the terms of his current contract with the Blaugrana, he will be free to leave in the summer of 2021 without any obligations towards the club Barcelona or the league La Liga.
Messi desires to play a competitive game and his love for football itself may lead him to exit his boyhood club after a disastrous campaign last season. Manchester City were the previous favorites to land the 33-year-old playmaker as they were heavily linked to Messi in the summer transfer window of 2020 when he had handed in the transfer request. However, recent reports now suggest that he will be moving to Parc des Princes to play under Thomas Tuchel and beside his former teammate Neymar Jr for Paris Saint-Germain.
The arrival of the January transfer window will unravel the final destination to which Lionel Messi will be heading to, unless in an unlikely turn of events the Catalans can persuade him to stay on and sign off his magical career at Camp Nou.
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