Barcelona confirm Lionel Messi will leave this summer after contract talks collapse
The Metro says: Messi, 34, has been a free agent since his previous contract expired on July 1 and the two parties had verbally reached an agreement over a renewal, with the Argentine reluctantly ready to accept a 50 per cent wage cut.
However, the terms of the proposed contract did not fall in line with La Liga’s financial regulations and discussions subsequently collapsed.
A deal required Barca to financially restructure, which ultimately proved impossible, meaning the six-time Ballon d’Or winner will bring an end to a glittering 21-year association with his boyhood club.
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