Paris: Barcelona desperate to keep Lionel Messi and Argentina want to stay at Camp Nou – when his tears at a farewell press conference on Sunday prove.
So, why did he leave the only club he had represented in a professional 17-year career? Barcelona said they had no choice but to bring down 34-year-old players – with free transfers with their contracts ended in June – when they fought to cut Mount Debt 1.2 billion euros ($ 1.4 billion).
Messi has agreed to take 50 percent wage cuts, and the study suggests its commercial value to the club far exceeds astronomical costs from their salary.
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However, the debt and the need to obey the tight Spanish League salary hat has forced Messi.
Catalan wasted the 222 million euro they received from PSG in 2017 for Neymar by carrying out more than 100 million euros each on people like Philippe Coutinho, Antoine Griezmann and Dembele Ousname.
President Joan Laporta admitted that the losses for last season only reached nearly 500 million euros and insisted he could not “mortgage” the club’s future for any player, including Messi.
The clubs in the two top divisions of Spain experienced a loss of revenue of 2.013 billion euros ($ 2.43 billion) for the 2019-20 and 2020-21 season due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
La Liga rules say no Spanish club can cross the truly salary that has been determined by the league: in the Barca case of 348 million euros for last season, down from 671.4 million euros in the previous term.
Barca exceeded the reduced limit of last season and now La Liga will not tolerate further hoses.
Laporta acknowledged that Barca wage bills with Messi would amounted to 110 percent of income.
Even with it it will be too high, at 95 percent that cannot be maintained.
Some asked why Messi, if he really likes the club, can’t stay and play for free.
Ignoring the fact that it’s ridiculous to think the best players in the world can or have to agree with it, it’s impossible.
Without in line with the rules of salary lid, Barcelona is not permitted to register a new signing.
With the previous Messi agreement after expiration in June, he would be considered a new signing.
It also raised questions about the signing of the summer, the club has announced, with Memphis Devay, Sergio Aguero and Eric Garcia have been recruited on free transfers and Emerson Royal arrives from Real Betis.
Some people might ask why La Liga could not be more flexible, considering the receipt of Messi entered while he was a great global lottery for Spanish games.
UEFA has recorded its own financial fair game rules to help the club affected by a pandemic, but the Spanish League stands on the ground.