According to the Spanish press, the board of directors met in extraordinary session on Tuesday evening to tell Messi that he was under contract until 30 June 2021 and that the club was counting on him for the coming season.
Messi did not take kindly to what new coach Ronald Koeman had to say during their first meeting last Thursday, and this, combined with the fact that Koeman told Luis Suarez (Barça striker and close friend of Messi) that he was not counting on him for next season, precipitated the six-time Ballon d'Or winner's desire to leave.
Messi is no stranger to applying pressure to get what he wants from the management, but would he agree to stay at Barça, his lifelong club, if the current management resigned?
by RTS.ch
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