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The newspaper pointed out that Messi And in order to continue playing with the Catalan club beyond the end of his contract, which was to expire in June 2021, he was ready, in 2020 in the midst of a pandemic. "COVID-19", to accept a 20% reduction in his salary, but asked to recover it within the following two years with interest (3%). He also demanded a reward of 10 million euros for the renewal and a reduction of the penalty clause to a symbolic amount of 10 thousand euros.
These demands were contained in the emails exchanged between the player’s father and his agent Jorge Messithe player’s lawyer and Catalan club officials, including then president Joan Bartomeu, who managed to "El Mundo" of access to it.
The Catalan club said in a statement "FC Barcelona expresses its outrage over the deliberate leaking of information which is part of a legal process"hinting that he might file a lawsuit against the newspaper.
just "El Mundo"the player would also have requested a room in a stadium "Camp Nou" To his family and the family of (Uruguayan) Luis SoaresAnd sponsoring a special trip for the Messi family to Argentina for Christmas or a salary increase in case of an increase taxes.
The newspaper reported that Messi then got a "€74.9 million net annually" In June 2020, after several negotiations, Barcelona did not agree to reduce the player’s release clause or pay a bonus of 10 million euros..
And she added that Messi remained clinging to his demands as well"At the end of August 2020, just two months after the last contact, Borovax sent a request to leave the club".
Barcelona on Wednesday expressed its regret that "El Mundo boasts of having access to a huge amount of documents and emails in the possession of an investigation (scandal) welcome" While this information and these documents "It has not been exchanged with the parties yet".
And related scandal "welcome" revealed by radio "Cadena Ser" In 2020, the club was involved in contracting a public relations company to carry out a defamation campaign on social networks against Bartomeu’s opponents and personalities such as Messi, (Gerard) Pique, former coach Pep Guardiola and current Xavi Hernandez..
The Catalan club confirmed that the published documents "It has nothing to do with the investigation of the case and its use is detrimental to the club’s reputation and confidentiality".
Barcelona concluded its statement by saying: "For this reason, and in order to protect the rights of FC Barcelona, the legal interests of the club are already studying the appropriate measures to be taken".
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The newspaper pointed out that Messi In order to continue playing with the Catalan club until after the end of his contract, which was to expire in June 2021, he was ready, in 2020 in the midst of the “Covid-19” epidemic, to accept a 20% salary cut, but asked to recover it during the next two years with interest ( 3%). He also demanded a reward of 10 million euros for the renewal and a reduction of the penalty clause to a symbolic amount of 10 thousand euros.
These demands were contained in the emails exchanged between the player’s father and his agent Jorge Messithe player’s lawyer and Catalan club officials, including then president Joan Bartomeu, who was able to reach “El Mundo”.
“FC Barcelona expresses its outrage at the deliberate leak of information that is part of a legal process,” the Catalan club said in a statement, hinting that it might file a lawsuit against the newspaper..
According to “El Mundo”, the player would also have requested a room in the “Camp Nou” for his family and the family of (Uruguayan) Luis. SoaresAnd sponsor a special trip for the Messi family to Argentina for Christmas or a salary increase in case of an increase taxes.
The newspaper reported that Messi then received “74.9 million euros net annually” in June 2020, and after several negotiations, Barcelona did not agree to reduce the player’s penalty clause or pay a bonus of 10 million euros..
And she added that Messi remained steadfast in his demands as well, and “at the end of August 2020, just two months after the last contacts, he sent Borovax asking for his departure from the club.”“.
Barcelona expressed its regret on Wednesday that “El Mundo boasts of having access to a huge amount of documents and emails in the possession of a (scandal) investigation. welcomeWhile this information and these documents have not yet been shared with the parties“.
The “Persagate” scandal, revealed by Radio Cadena Ser in 2020, relates to the club’s involvement in contracting a public relations company to carry out a defamation campaign on social networks against Bartomeu’s opponents and personalities such as Messi, (Gerard) Pique, former coach Pep Guardiola and the current Xavi Hernandez..
The Catalan club confirmed that the published documents “have nothing to do with the investigation of the case and their use harms the club’s reputation and confidentiality.”“.
“For this reason, and in order to protect the rights of FC Barcelona, the legal interests of the FC Barcelona are already studying the appropriate measures to be taken,” Barcelona concluded.