Messi wants to stay at Barcelona, the only professional home he has ever known, and Barcelona desperately wants to keep him. A rupture between Messi and Barcelona would be seismic for both sides. The team is not getting any sympathy, or preferential treatment, from the Spanish league. Under the Spanish league regulations, a team can spend only a quarter of the money it receives from player sales on new contracts. But La Liga said as recently as last week that there would be no exceptions, no special rules to keep him in Spain.

Source: bd News24 July 13, 2021 05:26 UTC