Former Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has disclosed that an unnamed club was prepared to pay Lionel Messi’s €400 million release clause following Neymar’s departure in 2017. Bartomeu claimed the club acted immediately to renew Messi’s contract, raising his clause to €700 million to ensure he stayed. “But once Neymar left in August 2017 (for... The post Messi Could Have Been Sold For €