[Sport] After he decided to leave ... the club race against Lionel Messi

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Barcelona has confirmed that it has already received a telegram from its Argentine star, Lionel Messi, informing them of his desire to leave the team immediately.

However, Messi's desire for an immediate and "free" departure through the activation of the "termination of the contract" clause faces obstacles and according to European sources, and the main dilemma lies in the same paragraph in his contract with the team, where the Catalan team confirms that this clause in the contract has expired. It has been valid since last June, so the team that wants to get Messi's services has to pay 700 million euros to break the contract.

Lionel Messi's contract with the Catalan club includes a "termination of contract" clause that allows him to leave immediately and for free, whenever he wants to, but according to Barcelona, this paragraph expired in June.

But Barcelona's insistence that the clause expired in June may prompt Messi to resort to the judiciary, to activate the contract, especially since the circumstances of the Corona virus forced the season to end in August, which means that the terms of his contract should continue until August, and not end in June.

Club race on Messi

As soon as this news spread, the media scrambled to talk about the team that might succeed in joining the Argentine player.

There is speculation that the team closest to joining Messi is Manchester City, by virtue of the player's relationship with City coach Pep Guardiola.

However, the Barcelona team believes that Manchester United has already opened channels of communication with Messi, according to the British newspaper The Daily Mail.

But all of this is in the field of speculation, as other news reports indicate that there are many clubs seeking Messi's services, perhaps the most prominent of which is the Paris Saint-Germain team, where it is believed that he may join his former Barcelona teammate and the current Parisian star player Neymar.

Other clubs seeking to sign Messi, according to British newspapers, are Juventus and Inter Milan.

According to the Daily Mail, the chances of City winning the signing of Messi are highest, followed by Inter Milan, Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus, and then Manchester United.

The newspaper also indicated that there are many other teams that have shown interest in Messi, such as Liverpool, Leeds, Bayern Munich, Chelsea and Lazio.