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Is it Barcelona’s leadership and its mismanagement of the club or La Liga’s tough regulation rules? Or something else?
From: Inside Story
Have footballers become too expensive?
Lionel Messi leaves FC Barcelona because the club cannot afford his multi-million dollar salary.
9 Aug 2021
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