straight to your inbox Lionel Messi has told Barcelona he wants to leave, but whether Manchester City or any other buying club will have to pay a fee to sign him remains to be seen.
When the 33-year-old signed a new deal at the Nou Camp in 2017, the contract included a clause that would allow him to walk away for free at the end of this season if he activated it within a certain time period.The suspension of football for months this year has complicated what the end of the season can be defined as, as shown by the confusion around players whose contracts expired on June 30 playing beyond that date.
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