yeah it's getting ugly. Messi and his legal team are convinced that the clause should slide and that he's out of contract, Barcelona and La Liga obviously see it differently. The 700m clause is true, it all just comes down to whether the contract is still valid. It's a case for the lawyers now I guess.
I will say this, I feel no sympathy towards a club that is stupid enough to put an out clause like that into the contract of a player, nevermind your most valuable asset and arguably the best footballer ever. They only have to blame themselves.
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