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DEADLOCK! NO AGREEMENT AS BARTOMEU-JORGE MESSI MEETING ENDS

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The battle continues as no agreement was reached in the meeting between Barcelona President, Josep Maria Bartomeu and the agent and father of Lionel Messi, Jorge Messi.

The meeting lasted about two hours. According to multiple sources, each party stood his ground and no agreement was reached.

Jorge Messi’s stance, which tallies with that of his son, was that Lionel Messi wanted to leave Barcelona for free, based on his belief in the contract that freed him at the close of the 2019/20 season.

But the Barcelona president thought otherwise, insisting on the validity of the €700m release clause.

No further meetings are expected to take place but the negotiations will go on nevertheless.

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Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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