Barça: Messi about to extend his contract for two years?

Lionel Messi blaugrana until June 2023?

According to Spanish newspaper El Confidencial, the Argentinian, whose contract with the Catalan club ends on June 30, has agreed to president Joan Laporta to extend two more seasons.

In other words, until he is 35 years old.

The two parties are said to have come to an agreement during several interviews organized in recent days.

While, according to our information, his family circle pleaded for a departure and in particular for an adventure at PSG, the FC Barcelona icon would have agreed to continue with his training club.

A ten-year contract?

Financially, the negotiations were not easy because the club suffers from great debt concerns and cannot match the emoluments offered to the Pulga from 2017 to 2021. They were estimated at more than 500 million euros according to a document revealed at the end of January by the daily El Mundo. However, President Laporta had made the extension of the six-fold Golden Ball his number one promise during the March elections.

As suggested at the end of April several local and foreign media, including the television channel TV3 and The Times, Lionel Messi would therefore sign a ten-year contract this time.

A trick for Messi to agree to a halving of his salary.

On the program: two years as a Barcelona footballer;

then would come the time of the American championship and the MLS, in which he dreams of playing and could have a role of representative of the club;

he would then come home in the management.

With his compatriot Agüero next year

The almost certain arrival of Sergio Agüero in Catalonia is undoubtedly not foreign in the choice of Messi.

"Maybe Barcelona will be even stronger with him," said Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola, where Agüero has played so far.

Eliminated in the round of 16 of the Champions League, 3rd in Liga, FC Barcelona had a gloomy season.

The enthusiasm linked to Barça's victory in mid-April against Athletic Bilbao (4-0) in the Copa del Rey, the Catalan club's first title in nearly two years, however, seems to have given Messi a boost. .

This season, by bringing the number of games played in Barça's jersey to 778, Messi has broken the club's all-time record, previously held by his ex-teammate Xavi.

The Argentinian also dethroned Pelé by becoming the player who scored the most goals with the same club (672).