Lionel Messi and FC Barcelona, a business that works.
The Catalan daily
SPORT
announces that the "Pulga" and Barça have agreed to an extension of five years, until 2026. The formalization is expected in the coming days, we are assured.
Not surprisingly, various sources have already reported in recent days, weeks, that Paris, Man.
City and other potential contenders for the signing of the six-fold Golden Ball have dropped the flag.
It remained to fix the last details.
It is now done.
Degreasing operation
Our colleagues also assert that Messi, whose contract expired on June 30, agreed to reduce his salary by 50%.
A decrease offset by the duration of this new commitment.
In the red at the bank, Barça must still get down to lowering the salaries of other executives (Piqué, Busquets, Alba, Roberto) and selling several elements, including the world champion Samuel Umtiti, but also the former Ligue 1 residents, Miralem Pjanic (Juventus?) and Martin Brathwaite (West Ham?).
To see what will happen to Antoine Griezmann and Philippe Coutinho.
SPORT
suggests that FC Barcelona could keep them… if they lower their wages.
Except that it is not a priori in the idea of "Grizou" ...
Currently on leave in Ibiza with his family and former teammates Luis Suarez (Atlético) and Cesc Fabregas (Monaco), Lionel Messi, 34, joined Barça in 2000, coming from his native Argentina and Newell's Old Boys. Quadruple winner of the Champions League, ten times champion of Spain and seven times winner of the Copa del Rey, he lifted his first major trophy with the Albiceleste a handful of weeks ago, the Copa America, won at the Maracana de Rio against Brazil of Neymar Jr.