Lionel Messi left Barcelona in 2021 after the two parties failed to agree on the Argentine’s contract terms.
Now the details of the failed continuation in Barcelona have been revealed.
It is said that Messi ordered a private plane, 100 million kroner and a private hostel for his families and those of Luis Suarez.
After 21 years at the club, the story prevailed Lionel Messi And Barcelona ends, when the Argentine star signed in August 2021 with French Paris Saint-Germain.
However, there were negotiations on the continuation in Spain and Barcelona. But in the end, Messi’s demands became too great for the Catalans.
Now the Spanish newspaper El Mundo reveals new details about the negotiations
Requirements: a private plane and 100 million crowns
According to El Mundo, Messi must have enormous demands on his former club in order to remain a Barcelona player.
The star, his agent and father, Jorge Messi, demanded a check-in bonus equivalent to 100 million Swedish kronor, as well as a private plane to be able to fly the family home to Argentina over Christmas.
But this is not enough. Messi is said to have also ordered a special box at Barcelona’s main stadium Camp Nou, partly for his own account but also for his friend Luis Suarez and his family.
The information, which appeared via emails seen by the Spanish newspaper, claims that Barcelona, for its part, is willing to accept the demands. But when Messi also wanted to lower his takeover clause so he could leave the club when he wanted to, negotiations stalled, meaning the contract extension eventually failed and Messi ended up in France and PSG instead.