1:09 Lionel Messi risks a FIFA ban if he walks out of Barcelona without settling his contract dispute, according to top sports lawyer Nick De Marco QC Lionel Messi risks a FIFA ban if he walks out of Barcelona without settling his contract dispute, according to top sports lawyer Nick De Marco QCLionel Messi risks a FIFA ban if he leaves Barcelona without resolving his contractual dispute, a leading sports lawyer has claimed. Messi has handed in a transfer request and remains under contract until the summer of 2021. The Transfer Show discuss Messi's situation at Barcelona and whether he could move to another club or is it a power play? One thing that is crystal clear at this stage is Messi remains contracted to Barcelona until the summer of 2021. Inserted into Messi's contract was a staggering 700 million euro (£626m) buy-out clause that would-be suitors would have to pay in order to lure him away from the Nou Camp.

Source: Sky sports August 26, 2020 18:15 UTC