Messi Refuses To Meet Bartomeu But Will Join Barca's Training

Lionel Messi (Instagram @leomessi)

JAKARTA - The process of leaving Lionel Messi from Barcelona has become a chess game in which everyone at the Camp Nou must move carefully. However, Los Blaugrana took a big hit in an attempt to convince their star to stay. Messi does not want to meet with club president Josep Maria Bartomeu.

Launched MARCA, Friday, August 28, all this happened after Messi sent a burofax to Barcelona on Tuesday night expressing his desire to leave for free. However the club responded by stating that the clause to exempt him from his contract was no longer valid and that he had a release clause of 700 million euros.

Ramon Planes, Barcelona's new sporting director, made a public statement in which he assured that the club was not thinking about Messi's departure. In addition, he said, a series of movements would be carried out internally.

One of them was the meeting between Bartomeu and Messi because the president wanted to talk to the player directly. Bartomeu will try to convince Messi not to leave, but the Argentine does not plan to speak to the president.

Messi's decision cannot be contested. He has decided to leave and intends to keep the position.

What he plans to do is head to the Barcelona training complex on Sunday to take the PCR test that the entire squad will carry out.

The 33-year-old also plans to train next Monday, August 31, under Ronald Koeman's orders for Koeman's first training session since becoming Barcelona head coach.

Until his contract dispute is over, Messi wants to give a feeling of normality and, in so doing, he will go to the club's training ground.

What must not be forgotten is that Messi currently has a valid contract with Barcelona, ​​even though he has asked it to be canceled.