[Sport]Messi communicates to Koeman that it is not clear to follow and Barcelona refers to his termination clause

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In Barcelona there were already suspicions of what could happen when Ronald Koeman, the new Barça coach, met with Leo Messi to find out first-hand if he is willing to lead the team's transition. There was no other summary of the meeting than disappointment, even if the club still thinks that the player will continue at least this season. The forward will continue with his period of reflection.

 

Messi, in silence from 8-2 in Lisbon and who abruptly stopped his holidays in La Cerdanya to meet the coach, told Koeman exactly what the Barça managers had been suspecting in the last hours. That it is not clear to follow. This is how radio station RAC1 advanced. From Barcelona they limited themselves to pointing out that Messi continues to have a contract until June 30, 2021. And that his termination clause amounts to 700 million euros. The Argentine environment preferred not to assess the content of the meeting.

 

One of the great reasons why Messi thinks his time at Barcelona could come to an end is the foreseeable loss of several of those who have been his traveling companions. Especially Luis Suárez, whom the club will try to release in the coming days despite also having another year on his contract. The Uruguayan, more than a teammate, is the crutch on which Messi leans in his personal life.

 

 

Jordi Alba should also be affected by the purge that Bartomeu intends to carry out, sheltered behind Koeman's iconic back. The winger is another of Messi's great friends in the locker room along with Sergio Busquets, also mentioned in recent times and who is being warned that his role in the team will lose a lot of weight.

 

In the government of the Barça entity, despite the official discourse, there are those who think that the high salary of the Argentine footballer, whose cost for the entity is around 100 million euros per season, conditions the reconstruction. Not only that. Barcelona executive sources recall that before Messi stopped the negotiations for the extension of his contract it had already been impossible to approach an economic agreement regarding the new contract.

 

In the Barça club, in any case, the moment has been lived with extreme caution. As much as Messi's prohibitive termination clause could prevent a flight, a public ordeal from the footballer would completely disarm the Bartomeu government, who could go down in history as the president who let the best player ever in the entity escape. Hence, the main intention now is none other than trying to convince the footballer to reconsider and value the roadmap presented by the Wembley hero.

 

Koeman, despite ensuring that his sports project involves the figure of Messi, also strongly warned on the day of his presentation: "I only want to work with people who want to be here."

 

It is not the first time that Messi seriously thinks about his departure. Tito Vilanova, who was a Barcelona coach, convinced the Argentine in 2014 that he should continue. Then it was Manchester City who wanted it the most.

La Pulga also had bouts of doubt during his career with the Argentine team. In 2016 he announced that he would not wear the albiceleste again after losing the Copa América. Then he rectified. The disappointing performance of the team coached by Jorge Sampaoli at the 2018 World Cup in Russia also knocked out ten. Nine months passed before he returned to play for his national team.

 

Messi addressed this Friday the arguments given by Koeman regarding the necessary reinvention of the team. The Dutchman tried to convince him that his football should be a guide for the new generation of young people. The Argentine, however, refused to offer a definitive answer for now. It will observe and act accordingly.