BARCELONA – Lionel Messi has stated his intention to leave Barcelona in the 2020 summer transfer market. Even more surprising, Messi urged Barca to release him on a free transfer alias free.
Messi is aware that if he has to wait for another club to activate his redemption clause, then he will not be able to leave the Blaugrana this summer. Because, even though the contract period Messi lived for a year at Barca, La Pulga had a ransom clause of 700 million euros, or approximately IDR 12.1 trillion.
In response to this situation, the Barcelona legend, Rivaldo, considered that drama was happening in the stronghold of the Catalan team. He also sees this as ironic because Messi, who is already considered a Barca icon, wants to leave the club without giving them financial benefits (sales proceeds).
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Rivaldo then compared the current situation at Barca with the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid in the summer of 2018. At that time, many people criticized Madrid’s decision to release CR7.
Even though Ronaldo was redeemed for a dowry of 100 million euros by Juventus at that time, many people consider this to still make Madrid lose money. Because, after Ronaldo’s departure, Los Blancos found it difficult to appear competitive. They think 100 million euros is not worth Ronaldo’s performance.
Therefore, if Barca really releases Messi for free, then you could say the Blaugrana are doing a much worse business than Madrid. Moreover, in the 2019-2020 season Messi proved himself that he is the main pillar of the Blaugrana, by being the top goalscorer and assists.
