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The 33-year-old informed his lifelong club on Tuesday he wished to leave immediately, plunging Barca into new turmoil less than two weeks after their humiliating 8-2 Champions League quarterfinal defeat by Bayern Munich.
The ruling body said the only way for the Argentine forward to be released from the contract was to trigger a 700-million euros ($833 million) release clause.
The club's all-time top scorer was among many Barcelona players who released identical statements on social media on Monday to confirm the decision.
According to ESPN, Barcelona CEO Oscar Grau is in talks with La Liga and other clubs around Europe so that they take concerted measures to address the impact of the coronavirus.
All professional players at Barcelona, including six-time world player of the year Lionel Messi, as well as non-playing staff, will face a compulsory wage reduction during the period of lockdown.
FC Porto said Casillas had suffered an "acute" heart attack during training, but that he was stable in hospital and "the heart problem has been resolved".
The Spaniard thanked medics at the hospital in Porto as well as the thousands of people who wished him well.
The result left Spain top of the standings on 20 points and guaranteed a spot in the top two, with the Swedes second on 15, and Romania a point further back in third.
Torres, who scored more than 100 goals across two spells at his boyhood club Atletico Madrid, also played for Premier League sides Liverpool and Chelsea and Italy's AC Milan.
Enrique became Spain coach last July after their exit from the 2018 World Cup to hosts Russia.
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