Barcelona confirm leaked Lionel Messi contract is genuine but deny all responsibility

Barcelona admit the leaked doc revealed within the Spanish press is certainly Lionel Messi’s real contract.

However the Catalan giants “categorically deny” any involvement within the launch of the confidential settlement.

A redacted contract revealed by El Mundo on Sunday showed the enormous scale of the deal Messi signed in 2017.

The Argentine celebrity has already been paid £452million of the settlement which is value a complete simply shy of half a billion kilos (£491million) when base wage, picture rights, bonuses and lots of different variables are taken under consideration.

The discharge of the delicate particulars of his contract is unlikely to have been welcomed by Messi.

And in response to the leak centred on their membership captain, Barcelona have revealed a press release insisting that they had no involvement and have threatened authorized motion towards El Mundo .

The statement reads: “In view of the knowledge revealed as we speak within the newspaper El Mundo, in relation to the skilled contract signed between FC Barcelona and the participant Lionel Messi, the membership regrets its publication provided that it’s a non-public doc ruled by the precept of confidentiality between the events.

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“FC Barcelona categorically denies any duty for the publication of this doc, and can take acceptable authorized motion towards the newspaper El Mundo , for any injury that could be precipitated because of this publication.

“FC Barcelona expresses its absolute help for Lionel Messi, particularly within the face of any try to discredit his picture, and to wreck his relationship with the entity the place he has labored to change into the very best participant on the earth and in soccer historical past.”

The leak might hardly come at a worse time for Barcelona, who’re in the midst of a financial crisis and face paying again £236million of their £1.1billion debt by the tip of June.

It might additionally additional injury Messi’s relationship with Camp Nou chiefs. The 33-year-old made no secret of his need to go away final summer time, whereas earlier within the yr there have been accusations former Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu had hired a organisation to conduct a social media smear campaign towards Messi and sure different figures.

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