Lionel Messi | Joins Inter Miami (pg4111)

[Mancity1980]

Thats the point, their contracts didnt expire in May, they were 'automatically' extended to cover until the last game of their season, due to Covid. The terms of this extension were posted earlier in the thread.

Exactly, so Messi can now leave on a free.

 

[BringBackSwales]

None of them? Even if they didn’t an expired contract is an expired contract.

This isn’t about the contract expiring, it’s about whether the get out clause in the contract expired

 

[Dr Jacoby]

What position does Imminent play?

Everywhere. He’s versatile.

 

[Coatigan]

Going to be interesting regarding this clause. Messi's camp say due to covid and the season running late, the clause stands

Bartomeu and the board say nope it expired on june 10th

Our club is playing it savvy

The technicality of the date is neither here nor there, not honouring the clause they were daft enough to agree to include is highly cynical, insulting to their greatest player, and embarrassing.

For that alone, they deserve zero fee for him (goes for any buying club, not just us).

And for the fact they were brash enough to offer 10m€ for garcia, a third of the price our club had named, they have shown alack of professionalism and class, so don't deserve us trying to bypass the clause with a palatable offer.

Now if it turns out the clause is invalid, Then we can offer, and relative to his age, time left on contract and obvious desire to leave, they really have nothing to stand on. 50m plus garcia or angelino is more than fair. After the clause has been determined not valid.

 

[PhdWave]

This isn’t about the contract expiring, it’s about whether the get out clause in the contract expired

Seems the people from Messi camp are confident they can go through with this clause. .. The clause would have been written with the end of the season (usually in june)being a major reason. However with covid it seems quite logical to postpone it to a actual transfer window...

 

[Mancity1980]

This isn’t about the contract expiring, it’s about whether the get out clause in the contract expired

How can an end of season get out clause expire before the end of an extended season if an end of season expiring contract cannot expire before the end of the such a season?

 

[richards30]

The massive hole in that argument are the vast quantity of players in world football who played in July and August despite their “contracts” expiring in May!

yeah I think Barça have a problem with that clause to be honest! So was Leo out of contract when he played in the champions league? A top lawyer will argue the whole Covid issue and the later end of the season Pushes the clause back imo

 

[PhdWave]

How can an end of season get out clause expire before the end of an extended season if an end of season expiring contract cannot expire before the end of the such a season?

 

[SPIDERBOY]

I dont see how the president stays as things stand at Barca that will change things significantly imo

Maybe......the fans wont stop him leaving is my point......probably 60-70% are tourists anyway,IMO.

 

[Monkchester]

Sly News - Messi faces possible Fifa ban and new club face transfer embargo ! What a load of twats they are - imagine if he was going to the rags how that would be spun differently !