[Sport]Tebas agrees with Barça and vetoes Messi's departure

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There was still an essential actor to appear. LaLiga chaired by Javier Tebas, in the face of the catastrophe that Leo Messi's departure could mean for the next sale of the television rights of the competition, has had no doubts when choosing his side.

                                 A child with the Leo Messi shirt, in Barcelona. ENRIC FONTCUBERTA EFE

 

The employers sent a statement this Sunday in which they agreed with Fútbol Club Barcelona regarding Messi's contractual conditions. The player considers that there is no such link with the Barça entity after executing an exit clause that, as specifically detailed in the document and defended by the Bartomeu government, expired on June 10. "The contract is currently in force and has a termination clause applicable to the event that Lionel Andrés Messi decided to urge the early unilateral termination of the same," LaLiga ditch.

 

In Barcelona they defend that this last contractual season (until June 30, 2021) is not optional, so to terminate the contract it would be necessary to face the aforementioned clause of 700 million euros.

 

LaLiga does not stop at a simple positioning, but threatens with a veto. "In compliance with the applicable regulations, and following the corresponding procedure in these cases, LaLiga will not carry out the prior visa process for the player to be removed from the federation if they have not previously paid the amount of said clause". In other words, the employers would try to prevent the player from playing for another club through a provisional transfer granted by FIFA. In any case, and according to current jurisprudence, the right to work should prevail over another consideration.

 

More and more entangled the case, Leo Messi complied with what was warned by his surroundings and did not appear this Sunday for the PCR tests with which the first team of Barcelona began the preseason. If he did not attend this Monday either, and according to the workers' statute, the Argentine would incur a "serious offense", which would become "very serious" after the third unexcused absence from work. The Barça entity maintains for now the prudence regarding the possibility of opening a disciplinary file that would entail, in addition to a financial fine (between 2.67 and 4% of their monthly salary when exceeding 100,000 euros of payroll) , the possibility of suspending the footballer from employment and salary between 11 and 30 days, or even dismissal.