Lionel Messi is trapped at Barcelona by financial fair play

Lionel Messi has demanded to leave his forever club, Barcelona. He is trapped in Catalonia by regulations that will keep other clubs from obtaining his services.

Two days ago, Lionel Messi used an old school fax machine to send an “official” letter to his employer, FC Barcelona requesting a divorce.

The Argentine great did not state that reason for this break-up “request.” However, I imagine the cause will be listed as “irreconcilable differences.” However, I digress.

Lionel wants to escape to another club for whatever values or goals that he has prioritized for the end of the prime of his professional career.

The superstar’s break-up from the Catalan giants broke the internet. Google searches for “Messi” outpaced searches for the coronavirus in the hours after news broke of an oddly worded letter being faxed to Barcelona.

There is endless speculation about where Lionel Messi will go if he can successfully legally separate from Barça.

Six big clubs have been linked to getting Lionel’s signature in the coming months: Manchester City, Inter Milan, Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain, Bayern Munich, and Manchester United.

These giant teams reportedly have the cash available to secure a transfer, if the 700 million buyout clause is reduced or eliminated, and to pay Messi’s expected wages.

However, the fact that these teams have the money available and can realistically spend it in the blinding light of the financial fair play regulations is fantastical.

As a result, the travesty of the greatest football player in a generation being unable to trade his services in the free market is a real probability.