Lionel Messi has performed a sensational u-turn by deciding to STAY at Barcelona for the final year of his contract. The six time Ballon d'Or winner rocked the football world when he served the Catalan giants with official notice that he intended to leave on a free transfer.There is a clause in his contract allowing Messi to leave on a free transfer at the end of the penultimate year of his deal, but there was debate over whether it was still valid or not.Barcelona insisted that it only applied up to June 10, while the 33-year-old's camp were adamant it had to be extended due to the later end to the 2019/20 season.
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