Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong admits the club is in turmoil after Lionel Messi let it be known that he would like to seek a transfer away.
Messi believes that he is entitled to depart the Nou Camp on a free transfer this summer, something that Barca insist is now no longer on the table after they believe a clause in his contract expired.
The club captain has one year left on his existing deal, and so Barca are said to be maintaining a stance that would only allow him to leave if a club paid his buyout clause in full.
The star's father and representative Jorge Messi has been holding talks with the club in a bid to break the deadlock, and midfielder De Jong says it is a confusing time in Catalonia right now. "I followed this from a
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