It is reported that at the end of Bartomeu's reign, due to the long-term management confusion of the club, Messi offered to leave the team and hoped to punish the clause of leaving the team at any time in the contract. However, Bartomeu did not want to bear the historical stigma of letting Messi go, and chose to postpone the effective date of the contract terms by sophistry on the grounds of the epidemic, which led Messi to miss the opportunity to sign a contract with Manchester City.
The latest news is that Messi has left Barcelona.