“And this is the reason why I am going to continue in the club. Now I am going to continue in the club because the president told me that the only way to leave was to pay the €700 million (£624m/$823m) clause, and that this is impossible…I would never go to court against Barca because it is the club that I love, which gave me everything since I arrived. It is the club of my life, I have made my life here.”
Lionel Messi (ARG)
Olympic Gold medalist, Six-time Ballon D’Or, Three-time Club World Champion
F.C. Barcelona player