Messi confirms he will stay at Barcelona

CAIRO – 4 September 2020: Barcelona star Lionel Messi announced on Friday that he will stay at the club for the next season.

Messi said in an interview that Barcelona board is a disaster and he decided to stay because he does not want to go to court with his childhood club.

“It is the club of my life, I have made my life here. Barca gave me everything and I gave it everything. I know that it never crossed my mind to take Barca to court.” Messi said in a pre-recorded interview.

Following Barcelona’s humiliating 8-2 loss to Bayern Munich, the biggest star in Barcelona announced that he will leave the club as he has a term in his contract that allows him to unilaterally terminate his contract with the Spanish giants.

Barcelona board refuted the claim adding that Messi’s release clause of 700m Euros is still valid.

Messi added “I would never go to court against Barca because it is the club that I love, which gave me everything since I arrived."

 Messi can leave the club for free when his contract expires on 30 June 2021.