His departure Lionel Messi from Barcelona last summer exploded like a bomb. The Argentine superstar left the Spanish club as a free agent and subsequently signed with Paris Saint-Germain.

The issue of extending his contract with the Catalan team has become a series. The El Mundo newspaper has revealed the terms Messi set to sign a new deal with Barcelona.

The Spanish newspaper refers to the email correspondence between Messi’s father and the club’s lawyers. According to the relevant publication, Lionel Messi has agreed to a 20% pay cut for the 2020-2021 season.

But then he demanded a 10% increase for the 2021–2022 season and another 10% for the 2022–2023 season. In this case, the agreement of the parties will provide for a rate of 3%.

Messi’s team also demanded a €10 million signing bonus and also wanted the release clause to be removed and replaced with a symbolic €10,000. It is reported that the Argentinean requested a separate apartment at the Camp Nou for his family and the family of Luis Suarez.

According to El Mundo, the footballer still wanted the Barcelona management to cover the cost of a private jet for his family for Christmas, as well as cover the difference in case of tax increases.

According to the profile publication, the then management of Barcelona, ​​headed by Josep Maria Bartomeu, accepted the conditions of the Argentine football player, with the exception of two: the removal of the release clause and the signing bonus. It was then that “Messi’s side broke off negotiations,” according to El Mundo.

As the newspaper notes, the Laporta administration, which came to power a year later, refused to agree to the terms of the Argentine superstar.