Lionel Messi’s request list to Barcelona towards the end of the 2019-2020 season leaked to the media. Messi submitted the request while negotiating contract extension with Barcelona. The Lionel Messi contract at that time will run out in June 2021.
According to El Mundo, Lionel Messi submitted nine requests when negotiating with Barcelona. Messi reportedly also asked Barcelona led by Josep Maria Bartomeu to remove the release clause worth 700 million euros in a new contract. Instead, Messi asked the symbolic clause worth 10,000 euros which he could activate at any time. Regarding the duration of the contract, Messi is reportedly willing to increase his service period in Barcelona for three years.
The following is a list of 9 requests for Lionel Messi to Barcelona during the contract negotiation for contract extension in 2020:
– a three -year contract until June 2023
– Private Box at the Camp Nou Stadium for his family and Luis Suarez
– Bonus Contract Extend of 10 Million Euros
– Elimination of Klausul The release of 700 million euros
– Returns salary cuts during the Pandemic with 3 percent interest rates
– Private aircraft for a vacation family to Argentina during Christmas
– In the event of a tax increase, Barcelona must be responsible
– Continuation of Pepe Costa’s contract, Messi’s personal assistant.
– The contract extension commission was handed over to Messi’s brother, Rodrigo.
According to El Mundo, negotiations for contract extension between Messi and Barcelona began on June 11, 2020. Josep Maria Bartomeu reportedly rejected Lionel Messi’s two requests regarding the removal of the release clause and a 10 million euro bonus. Bartomeu’s decision was what made Lionel Messi end the negotiation process and release Burofax to leave Barcelona.
Launching from the US Spanish media, Burofax is a service provided by the Spanish Post Office, Correos. This service is used to send documents that prove that a particular document along with the message has been sent. Messi at that time openly expressed his desire to leave Barcelona because there was a clause in a contract with Barca which made him able to leave every end of the season.
Messi’s decision and contents of Burofax had made a scene of the world football universe in the transfer market at the beginning of the 2020-2021 season. Messi at that time was reportedly even more disappointed with Barcelona after Ronald Koeman expelled his best friend, Luis Suarez. However, Messi finally decided to survive and respect the rest of his contract because he did not want to deal with Barcelona in court.
Right in October 2020, Josep Maria Bartomeu decided to resign from the seat of President Barcelona. However, the future of Lionel Messi when it was still gray. Lionel Messi’s future puzzle was a little bright after Joan Laporta won the Barcelona Presidential Election in early May 2021.
Joan Laporta at that time repeatedly stated that he would try hard to make Lionel Messi survive and extend the contract. La Pulga, the nickname of Messi, has agreed to cut salaries of up to 50 percent in order to survive in Barcelona which is experiencing a financial crisis. However, the agreement was in vain because it was blocked by Laliga’s salary restriction rules to Lionel Messi. The Story of Togetherness of Messi and Barcelona which has been established since 2000 finally stopped in August 2021.
The Argentine national team captain then left Barcelona and moved to PSG at the beginning of the 2021-2022 season transfer market. The future of Lionel Messi is predicted to be an important topic of conversation early next season. It was not separated from Messi’s contract at PSG which will end in June 2023. PSG is reportedly preparing a brand new contract draft for Lionel Messi. However, PSG will encounter tough challenges because Barcelona who is now trained by Xavi Hernandez is said to want to bring home Lionel Messi.
