Barcelona confirm Lionel Messi wants to leave

The Argentina superstar Lionel Messi sent a fax to club chiefs on Tuesday informing them he wants out and requesting they exercise a clause in his contract which would him to leave for free.

The LaLiga giants confirmed to the Associated Press on Tuesday evening that Messi had asked to leave.

Messi made his decision after meeting with the new Barcelona head coach, Ronald Koeman, who succeeded Quique Setien in the Camp Nou dugout earlier this month.

Barca chiefs are now holding an emergency meeting, with club officials believing the termination clause in Messi’s contract has expired.

He had to inform Barcelona of his decision to terminate his contract before the end of May, but Messi’s camp feel the deadline should be the end of August given coronavirus caused the entire football season to be suspended and its ending delayed.