The Barcelona press is certain: Lionel Messi has decided to stay in the Blaugrana shirt and will soon sign a five-year contract (expiring in 2026, when La Pulce will be 39) with Barça.
The announcement is imminent, we are only waiting, reports the 'Mundo Deportivo', the green light from the La Liga because the agreement must fall within the salary limits that the clubs of the Spanish top flight have imposed.
The club will announce the extension of the agreement with its iconic man (Messi has been with Barcelona since he was 13) between tomorrow and Friday. If the player decides to retire from competitive activity before the expiration of the contract, he will become the club's 'ambassador' in the world, and in particular in the USA if he decides to end his career as a footballer in the North American MLS (we are talking about Inter in Miami ).
Figures of the agreement are not made, but it is known that Messi has accepted a significant reduction in salary in order to stay at Barça. But even so the club will have to make room for him at the salary cap level, and this explains the decision to get rid of some players with very heavy salaries, such as Pjanic and Umtiti, who were given the free list (but the former Roma player is creating problems), and like Griezmann, who could return to Atletico Madrid, despite the no of the 'colchoneros' fans, in exchange for Saul, who earns much less than the French.
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