The Lionel Messi transfer saga gets worsened as now it seems confirmed that the Argentine has handovers his transfer request to the Barca board. There have been a lot of rumours flooding regarding Messi’s stay at the Camp Nou.
After the humiliating loss to Bayern, he seems to have lost all the confidence to end his career at Barca and now he would like to leave the club using his free transfer clause. Having met the new coach Koeman, Messi seems to have made up his mind and will like to move on.
This news of Messi asking Barcelona to terminate his contract has angered the fans. The fans want Bartomeu to resign so that Messi decides to stay. It seems Bartomeu is also feeling the heat of Messi leaving the club. He has reportedly decided to resign as Barcelona president.
🚨BBC: Bartomeu has offered to resign in exchange for Leo Messi to not terminate his contract and stay at Barcelona.
— Leo Messi 🔟 (@WeAreMessi) August 25, 2020
Sources say that Bartomeu has already offered to resign to keep Messi at the club. Barca fans have started gathering outside the club offices. [BBC] pic.twitter.com/5EUqCb8uof
— Transfer News (@TransfersLlVE) August 25, 2020
This is the first time ever, the situation has worsened this much as Messi is on the verge of leaving his only football club where he is deemed as the God of football. In the meantime, another club legend, Carlés Puyol has bid farewell to Messi already.
So, will the resignation from Bartomeu be enough to convince Messi to stay at Barcelona? Or this matter has already gone above the head and he has decided to leave the club no matter what?
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