Barcelona | Superstar footballer Lionel Messi now wants to leave FC Barcelona and has informed club officials about it. As reported by ESPN, the Barcelona club confirmed that they had made the club aware of their decision by Messi via Burofax. The club said Messi sent a document expressing his desire to leave the club but the club indicated that a legal battle or third party may be required.
Barcelona had suffered an embarrassing 2–8 defeat to Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals 11 days earlier. Such a defeat is Messi’s career and the worst in the club’s history.
Messi, 33, has an agreement with Barcelona until 2021, but now wants to say goodbye to Camp Now due to continued disappointment with the club in recent times.
Following the defeat to Bayern Munich, Barcelona had sacked their coach Quive Setian and replaced him with Ronald Koeman. Messi had met Koeman last week and said that his future with the club might end now.
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