From July 1, Leo Messi remains a player without a club. Journalists of the “Marca” magazine explained why the Argentine still has not decided to extend his contract with Barcelona.
The current situation is absolutely unique. For the first time in twenty years, Messi has no contract with the “Catalonia Duma”. Joan Laporta continues to insist that the talks are going in the right direction, but the striker still has not signed a new contract.
In the daily “Marc” we can read that one of the reasons is the wage bracket in Barcelona. The club needs to cut down on the salaries of the other players so that there is room in the budget for Messi’s huge weekly wage.
“Barca” put up a few players for sale, but so far have not got rid of, inter alia, Philippe Coutinho, Samuel Umtiti or other unnecessary players. This is not the end of the concerns of the Camp Nou officials.
– The problem is the issue of money owed to Messi under previous contracts. His advisers want to know if they can expect any outstanding payments. Messi expects a guarantee that it will receive the agreed amount – we read in “Marek”.
Another reason relates to tax matters. According to reports from Catalan media, Messi’s new agreement would run for 10 years. The forward would spend the next two seasons as an active Barcelona footballer before becoming the club’s ambassador to the United States. The Argentinean agents want to carefully investigate the question of where Messi would pay taxes after leaving Spain. The footballer wants to avoid misunderstandings, which extends the process of waiting for the official announcement of the extension.
Messi is currently at the Argentina national team training camp. In the Copa America quarter-finals, “Albicelestes” will face Ecuador. The meeting will be held on Saturday night at 3:00 am.
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