Messi Boycotts First Pre-Season As Barcelona Demand $833m Release Clause

File photo: Barcelona’s Argentine forward Lionel Messi looks downwards during the Spanish League football match between FC Barcelona and CA Osasuna at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on July 16, 2020. LLUIS GENE / AFPLionel Messi boycotted Barcelona’s first pre-season training session on Monday, club sources have confirmed to AFP, as the striker upped the stakes in his battle to leave this summer.

It appears increasingly likely Messi will try to force a transfer by refusing to play in La Liga next season, which begins on September 12. They insist a clause in his contract that allows Messi to depart for free this summer was activated last Tuesday when the burofax stating his intention to leave arrived at the Camp Nou.File photo: Barcelona’s Argentine forward Lionel Messi gestures during the Spanish League football match between FC Barcelona and CA Osasuna at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on July 16, 2020.

The club’s captain and greatest ever player, who has scored 634 goals for them and won 34 titles, now risks being punished either by a fine or, if his absence continues, a reduction in salary.

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