In the early morning of August 6 (Vietnam time), Barca posted a notice on the team's homepage, confirming that it will not extend the group meeting with Lionel Messi.
Accordingly, Barcelona's homepage announced: "Although Barca and Messi have reached an agreement and both sides have agreed to sign a new contract today, the contract cannot be officially signed due to economic and structural problems according to La Liga regulations. Therefore, Messi is no longer a member of Barca. Both sides are extremely regretful that the wishes of the players and the club could not be fulfilled.
Barca would like to thank this player for his contributions to the development of the team, and wish him the best in his personal life and career."
At the end of the 2020 season, in the fax sent to Barca's board in August, striker Lionel Messi expressed his wish to immediately terminate the contract with the club at Nou Camp to find a new destination. However, Messi stayed at Barca for another season. At the end of the 2020-2021 season, Barcelona fell out of the Top 3 of La Liga for the first time since the 2007-08 season. This is a disappointing season but at least they have the King's Cup championship to enjoy
Messi has been with Barca for 21 years. He came to Spain as a boy. After 17 years playing for the Barcelona first team, Lionel Messi decided to part ways. With the Catalan team, Messi has won the Champions League 4 times, 7 King's Cup titles, 10 La Liga titles and many other honors.
Currently, Messi's next destination is the most popular topic. Manchester City is considered the most suitable team to become Messi's next destination. That is a club led by Pep Guardiola, the coach who contributed significantly to Messi becoming one of the best players in the world when he worked together at Barca.
In addition, other teams have also wanted Messi such as PSG, Inter Milan, Man United, Juventus. Even Barca's "big rival" Real wants to own Messi.
