Lionel Messi is allowed to choose when he leaves Barcelona thanks to a clause in his contract at the Camp Nou, meaning he could walk away before it expires in 2021.
The five-time Ballon d'Or winner first joined Barcelona 19 years ago and has gone on to make 687 appearances across all competitions and is comfortably their all-time record goalscorer ahead of César Rodríguez.
Messi put pen to paper on a new four-year contract in 2017 which more than doubled his release clause to €700m, but El País claims that there's another clause which gives the Argentine complete freedom over his future.