Messi to leave Barcelona due to 'financial obstacles' - club statement

Updated: 2021-08-06 07:23
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Barcelona's coach Josep Guardiola (L) celebrates with Lionel Messi after qualifying for the final at the end of their Champions League semi-final second leg soccer match against Real Madrid at Nou Camp stadium in Barcelona, May 3, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]

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Messi's last contract, signed in 2017, was the most lucrative in world sport according to a January report in newspaper El Mundo.

Messi had tried to leave Barcelona in August 2020, making a formal request for an exit after a break down in his relationship with then president Josep Maria Bartomeu but successor Joan Laporta, who presided over the Argentine's rise to greatness, convinced him to stay.

The Argentine, who helped Barcelona claim 10 league titles, four Champions Leagues and three Club World Cups among his haul of 35 trophies, remains without a club ahead of the 2021-22 season.

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