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Lionel Messi's father insists player is allowed to leave Barcelona for free

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The Spanish league had stated last weekend that it believed a buyout clause of 700million euros still applied.

Lionel Messi's father has written to LaLiga insisting the player is contractually allowed to leave Barcelona for free in the current transfer window.

The league had stated last weekend that it believed a buyout clause of 700million euros still applied, but Jorge Messi – who also acts as the player's agent – insists the player's contract allowed him to exercise an option to leave at the end of the 2019-20 season.

In the letter sent on Friday, which has been seen by the PA news agency, Messi senior argues that his son's contract does not specify a date when the option to leave must be exercised, simply that it must be done at the end of the campaign.

Letter sent by Jorge Messi to LaLiga

Barca's season ended on August 14 when they were hammered by Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals.

Messi's representatives sent a fax to the club on August 25 expressing his desire to leave.

LaLiga agreed with Barcelona that the buyout clause was still applicable in its statement on the matter last Sunday, and it is understood it will address the content of Jorge Messi's letter later on Friday afternoon.

Last Sunday a league statement read: "In compliance with the applicable regulations, and following the corresponding procedure in these cases, LaLiga will not carry out the prior visa process for the player to be removed from the federation if they have not previously paid the amount of said clause."

Pep Guardiola, left, worked with Messi as first-team coach at Barcelona between 2008 and 2012 (Nick Potts/PA)

Messi, who has been with the Catalan club since the age of 13, did not arrive for a scheduled club coronavirus test last Sunday morning.

Since news of Messi's desire to leave became public, a handful of the world's richest clubs have been linked with him, including Manchester City, whose manager Pep Guardiola was his boss at Barca between 2008 and 2012.

It has been reported that he is unhappy with the direction of the club under their current president Josep Bartomeu.

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