The Argentine striker made an ultimately fruitless attempt to leave the club in the summer of 2020
Lionel Messi’s infamous burofax, which he sent to former Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu last year in an attempt to engineer a move away from Camp Nou, has now been revealed.
Messi expressed his desire to leave Barca shortly after their Champions League thrashing at the hands of Bayern Munich in August 2020 and believed there was a clause in his contract that allowed him to leave for free, despite having another year left on his deal.
The Catalan side disputed the claim and Messi ultimately relented, though he would only stay for another year before moving to PSG.