The Reason Messi Moved From Barcelona

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JAKARTA - Lionel Messi has been considering his future at Barcelona since the end of the 2019-2020 season. There are many reasons, both legal and sporting, that influenced Messi to leave the Catalan club this summer.

Here are 10 main reasons behind Messi's decision to leave Los Blaugrana that VOI quoted from MARCA.

Law

1. The deadline for notifying Barcelona of his desire to leave was extended due to delays to the end of the season. The previous June 10 deadline is no longer valid.

2. There was no release clause of 700 million euros in the final year of the agreement.

3. Josep Maria Bartomeu has said in several interviews that Messi can go whenever he wants.

Sports

1. The Barcelona project is not ambitious and Messi is unsure about the future of the team. The team's hope of winning has stuck with him for some time.

2. The timing and manner of Ernesto Valverde's dismissal did not match Messi's.

3. Messi's problems with the board. He disagrees with various things that the club has done in recent months, such as social media scandals and ERTE (salary reduction to prevent the economic crisis from worsening due to the pandemic).

4. The severance of relations with other club figures, such as Eric Abidal, who blamed several players for Valverde's departure.

5. Messi doesn't feel heard. He did not believe his opinion on various topics - including the use of the academy - was important to the club.

6. Messi thinks this is the end of an era in Barcelona. He agreed with Gerard Pique's statement that senior players must step aside and let fresh blood enter the team.

7. Messi and his family were the target of the Barcelona social media scandal and he is traumatized by the possibility of such things.