As early as 2013, then-Barcelona chairman Rosell surveyed his board members and asked them whether they would sell Messi, who was only 26 years old at the time. Only 2% agreed. Once, Russell said jokingly in an interview with Gatai Radio, "He hopes to fulfill these 2% wishes." As time went on, the questions raised by Barcelona hinted at ongoing discussions at the top level at Camp Nou. Russell and his board, including then-vice-chairman Bartomo, also grew increasingly exasperated as Messi's father engaged in regular negotiations over the timing and size of Messi's next big pay rise. "Viewpoint" sells Messi to drink to quench his thirst. Barcelona did underestimate his commercial influence and Bartolmo also asked the club's directors about the issue. At the time, Neymar appeared to be Messi's long-term replacement and the team's commercial symbol, but was strongly criticized by another former president, Joan Laporta. To this day, Laporta still suspects that Bartolmo actually planned to sell Messi before Messi submitted the transfer documents to Barcelona.

After Messi requested a transfer, Bartolmo quickly responded to Messi's email, expressing his hope that Messi would stay and end his career in Barcelona. However, news from the club shows that the Barcelona board understands that Messi's situation will be difficult to solve. Although they do not support Messi's free transfer, they may be willing to make significant concessions for a fine of 700 million euros, even if they reduce the benchmark for selling Neymar three years ago to 222 million euros. Considering that Real Madrid sold Ronaldo for 100 million euros two years ago, the best players in the world are not unsaleable. I believe that when they woke up in the morning and received the news from major apps that Messi would leave Barcelona this summer, the fans also had mixed feelings. They believe one of the few "one man, one city" stories in modern football will eventually fall apart. Judging from the attitude of Barcelona's senior management towards Messi's resignation, it seems that Messi's transfer is not only a parting shot, but also a nitpick.

Messi’s transfer has two factors as the biggest obstacles. Is it Barcelona’s best choice? In fact, in the past three years, Barcelona's failure in the Champions League, and even reversals for two consecutive years, has already made Argentina frustrated, and transfer rumors have emerged one after another. Barcelona's 2-8 victory in this year's Champions League created a buzz about transfers, but they were all online rumors. It was this fax that caused a 180-degree reversal in public opinion, and Argentina's TyC TV station exposed the remade photos. Messi wrote in the fax: "Dear Bartomeu and the members of the Barcelona Board of Directors, through this letter, I, Lionel Andres Messi Couztini, request the activation of Article 24 of the contract, the termination of which Employment relationship with your club. I would like to thank the club for giving me the opportunity to develop my skills and qualities in my personal growth and career but for personal reasons I have made a difficult decision that I hope the managers will follow. The best way to handle this decision."

It is worth mentioning that this is not strictly a fax, but a postal courier for sending urgent and important documents, called a burofax. Compared to traditional mail or fax, burofax is often used to send and receive documents that require third-party authentication, which is also recognized by Spanish legal procedures. Barcelona has already written a reply to Messi, hoping that Messi can reconsider his decision, end his career in Barcelona, ??and start the new season with Koeman. Bartolmo has been communicating with Messi in the past few days, hoping to persuade the Argentinian to stay, but it was all in vain.