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Barcelona presidential candidate Toni Freixa believes no club will “run that risk” if it is determined that a €700 million (£624m/$823m) release clause in Lionel Messi’s contract does stand.
Confusion continues to reign at Camp Nou when it comes to the future of a six-time Ballon d’Or winner.
Freixa, a former Blaugrana director who is now looking to wrestle power from Josep Maria Bartomeu in the upcoming presidential elections, cannot see any club ticking the boxes that would be required to put a stunning transfer in place.
He told Radio Catalunya: “I was able to view the document and I saw that it didn’t have sufficient basis.
“The client is always right in these cases, and I expect that Messi’s advisers told him they would support him whether he sent it, or whether he didn’t.
“Messi can demand a transfer out of the club.
“But a judge could rule that his new club must pay his 700 million euro release clause, or a similarly high penalty fee.
“And surely no club will run that risk.”