Seriously, now.
good report, btw:
https://www.ole.com.ar/futbol-inter...uerzo-jorge-lionel-barcelona_0_e5Ir5P8KA.html
He received a visit from his father a few hours ago at the home of Casteldefelds.
The first thing Jorge did was hug his three grandchildren, he played a little with them and had lunch with the family. Rodrigo, Leo's older brother and who has been playing a very active role in the negotiations, also participated in the meeting.
And in that private talk, Jorge gave Leo the report of what happened in the meeting with Bartomeu and what is going to happen in the rest of this Thursday. The father clarified that the positions are inflexible on both sides: that the president told him that he wants him to stay to fulfill the contract (for the club it expires in June 2021), he offered to renew and repeated that the only way out, If Leo wants to go, it is by paying the 700,000,000 euros. While Jorge repeated to Leo what the player already knows: that they had already sent the burofax, that a clause in the contract guarantees them to leave without paying one euro (“This compensation will not apply when the resolution of the contract by the unilateral decision from the end of the 2019/2020 season ”) and that, anyway, they want to find a friendly exit, with a market value (between 100 and 120 million) so that the happy photo can be taken.
The pressures are an important part of this story: not only does the club play, but also the League, the sponsors, the Spanish treasury, the government of Catalonia, all of Spain ...
And Barcelona's persistence in ending everything in a trial does not make rather than muddy the decision to leave. Therefore, for this afternoon new meetings are expected between the lawyers of the parties and a new meeting between President Bartomeu and Jorge Messi is not ruled out. From the side of Leo they seek to have a security with the subject of the blessed clause and that this does not become a boomerang.
The Messi did not find, for now, in Bartomeu a window for a good exit. So, if the player decides to leave, Barcelona continues to warn that it will take everything to a labor lawsuit and that the conflict will be settled in the Courts of Catalonia. Meanwhile, the trial is in process, Leo will be able to play for the club he wants (although City or PSG will also be sued by Barsa) because it is assisted by FIFA's labor law.
While waiting for what his father Jorge tells him about the new meetings that are being held with different lawyers, Lionel must make a decision.
If Bartomeu does not change, the Diez has two ways: to leave in the middle of a legal dispute or to stay one more year, fulfill the contract (which according to Barcelona remains in force until June 2021) and then go free in a year. What will he do? What will weigh more? Will there be a third position? Will Leo want to continue in a Barsa that does not stop disarming? Has Bartomeu promised reinforcements? How to continue with a president with whom you get on badly and who you no longer believe? Only Leo has the answers.
