I really don’t understand. Messis contract should be crystal clear. Why can’t a few independet lawyers look at his contract and decide if he can leave for free or fucking not?
No clear answers anywhere. How hard can it be?
It sadly doesn’t work like that, but the people who wrote the contract are representing Messi so you’d think they have it watertight in its interpretation. TH said a day or two ago that Messi’s camp had approached FIFA so we’ll no doubt hear more on that at some point as they’ll need to issue him paperwork to move.
Its not about what’s written in reality, it’s about a player who’s been at a club 20 years is it? And preserving that hero status. He is Barça, he breaths it and lives it and he doesn't want to throw that all away regardless of if he can walk for free or not.
His image being in tact is important to us too as we aim to tap in to that to recoup our outlay! If his image is tarnished then the deal won’t work financially for anyone.
Will he come? I’ve genuinely no idea and flit between believing he will and it’s a bridge too far but I do know it has to be done with a certain amount of decorum and grace all round.