Dozens of journalists were waiting for Jorge Messi, father and agent of the Barça player, this Wednesday, when he arrived by private plane in Spain from Rosario, Argentina, from where he left on Tuesday. While his son is in the midst of a conflict with the Catalan club he wants to leave, Jorge Messi must meet the president of Barça, Josep Maria Bartomeu in the coming hours, in order to try to find a solution. Sunday and Monday, Lionel Messi did not show up for the resumption of the club. Jorge Messi and first got into a taxi after avoiding a swarm of cameras.
But a little further, when he got out of the taxi, while he was rushing into an underground parking lot on foot, Jorge Messi was questioned by a journalist from the sports channel Cuatro and he conceded a few words on the occasion of a short dialogue. To the question: “Is Leo going to leave Barça?” “, Jorge Messi first replied:” I do not know “. How do you see the situation? », The journalist reminds him. “Difficult,” he replies. “Difficult for him to stay?” »We ask him. “Yes”, he blurted out then.
Jorge Messi then specifies that there is “nothing” with Manchester City and that he “did not speak” with Pep Guardiola the coach of the English club “nor with anyone”. Messi is claiming a clause in his contract, which runs until June 2021, allowing him to leave the club freely once the season is over. For Barça, this clause expired on June 10 and it is that of 700 million euros which is again valid to consider a departure. PSG, another potential destination for Messi who spoke of his situation on the phone with Neymar and Di Maria, considers his arrival to be “impossible”.
