Messi can leave Barcelona for free, ₹6,000 crore release clause doesn't apply: Father

Six-time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi's father and agent Jorge Messi has issued a statement saying €700 million (₹6,000 crore) release clause does not apply in his Barcelona contract and that Lionel can leave for free. "We do not know which contract is the one La Liga has analysed," he added. Messi recently handed in a transfer request to Barcelona.