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LaLiga says Messi contract with Barcelona valid until €700m release clause is paid

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Published: August 30, 2020
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The Spanish La Liga on Sunday released a statement saying Lionel Messi’s FC Barcelona contract was still valid.

The announcement has come days after the Argentine’s shock announcement that he wants to leave the club and hours after he failed to attend a pre-season medical on Sunday.

The ruling body said the only way for the Argentine forward to be released from the contract was to trigger a 700-million euros (833 million dollars) release clause.

“In compliance with the applicable rule, La Liga will not approve a request to be de-registered as a player with the Spanish football federation, unless the amount in the release clause has been paid,” La Liga said in a statement.

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Messi did not attend a medical with FC Barcelona on Sunday, a Barca club source confirmed.

Reuters footage showed players arriving for coronavirus tests on Sunday morning and Messi did not appear.

He had been due at Barcelona’s training ground at 10.15am local time.

The 33-year-old six-times world player of the year informed his lifelong club on Tuesday he wished to leave immediately.

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The request plunged Barca into new turmoil less than two weeks after their humiliating 8-2 UEFA Champions League quarter-final defeat by Bayern Munich.

Messi’s lawyers plan to invoke a clause in his four-year contract, signed in 2017.

It would have allowed the forward to leave the club for free if he had requested it by June 10.

They will argue that that date —- nominally the end of the season —- is now irrelevant after the coronavirus delays that led to the season’s extension and the team playing deep into August.

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