La Liga at the age of 31, he is in the meantime, but hotter than ever. Lionel Messi has a contract until 2021, but the Catalan powerhouse will soon around the table to her star player longer to bind. That said president Josep Maria Bartomeu in an interview with ESPN.
“We will in the coming days together to his contract with still a few years to renew it,” reveals Bartomeu at ESPN. “We must all do to him a whole long career to give. So we can of him to continue to enjoy. Lionel has boundaries, and everyone admires him now. He is even in uitmatchen hailed by rival fans. At this time, he still every game on the phenomenal way the difference and he is simply the best player in the world.”
For Messi, it is a relationship with a club is essential. It’s being run by him for more than what he shows on the field
Barcelona president Bartomeu
Bartomeu fear no hijackers on the coast. “Messi is in a relationship with a club is essential. It’s being run by him for more than just what he shows on the field. I compare him with Pele, who also almost his entire career for Santos played. We want Messi to always be at Barça. Until his voetbalpensioen, but also in a different role.”
La Masía
Because the fairy tale on the turf may not last forever. “Messi has everything in and around Barça has changed. But Messi knows his body to the max and when he feels that he can no longer bring what he wants, he will stop. We are preparing for it. Through good investments, but also by taking a risicootje. That’s why it is important for young players to attract. Lenglet, Dembele, Arthur, The Young. They should do it when Messi stops. And we rely, of course, also on its own products from La Masía.’”