SEVILLA – Former Barcelona player who recently moved, Ivan Rakitic revealed his relationship with the Camp Nou icon, Lionel Messi. He admits that he does not have a special relationship with the Argentinian player, but he feels he has no problem with Messi.
Ivan Rakitic joins together Barcelona in 2014 from Seville. Since then he has helped the Blaugrana — nicknamed Barcelona — win 13 prestigious trophies. However, he recently returned to his hometown club, Sevilla.
When asked about Messi’s move to move from Barcelona, the Croatian doesn’t really understand. He also admitted that he got the news of Messi’s move from the media.
“(Lionel) Messi and I are not good friends but we always get along. He did not speak to me about leaving. I found out in the media, “he said quoting Marca, Saturday (5/9/2020).
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Messi has officially declared his stay at the club he has been defending since he was young, Barcelona. This was revealed when the Argentine superstar answered about his move through interviews with sports network media, Goal.
Messi had previously expressed his desire to leave Camp Nou in a fax he sent to Barcelona management. In his message, he conveyed his desire to activate the release clause at the end of each season.
Messi is special. At the end of each season, he is entitled to change uniforms on a free transfer. This is also stated in one of the contract clauses. However, as a result of the pandemic everything was destroyed.
The 2019-2020 football season which was supposed to end in June has withdrawn. Messi and his lawyer assessed that last season’s football ended after the Champions League, which is 23 August 2020.
However, Barcelona insisted. They stated that the football season still ended last June. La Liga also intervened. The Spanish League operator confirmed Barcelona’s management statement.
With such a decision, Messi or the club that wants his services must pay the release of his clause of 700 million euros (approximately Rp. 12 trillion). That number is huge, even for Messi.
Even though he is a super superstar, Messi feels that amount is impossible to pay. Even while he was playing on the pitch, his pay never reached the value of the release clause demanded by Barca.
In a Forbes report, during his career at Barcelona, Messi managed to collect incomes of 511 million euros (approximately Rp.8.93 trillion). That figure is still far from the price of releasing his clause in Barcelona.
With such conditions, the club that is eyeing Messi also thinks again. Even with Manchester City, a wealthy club supported by Qatari businessmen, have flatly refused to make up for the release clause of the Barcelona icon.
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