Messi will renew with Barcelona for five seasons

Messi’s final acceleration. Barcelona faced well the renewal of the Argentine. Everything indicates that Rosario will sign for five more seasons Sports And he was able to confirm vanguard. The official announcement will be made soon, between Thursday and the beginning of next week because the final draft of all the details remains.

At Blaugrana they also hope to get LaLiga approval soon and the club can register it without violating FFP rules. It’s being negotiated so that this place arrives in the next few hours

Barcelona hopes to get La Liga approval in the next few hours

But if nothing goes wrong, Lionel Messi will continue at Barcelona, ​​with a salary that will be much lower in his first season than he was before. This is how the point and the end of a long series that lasted for months and sparked the excitement of Barcelona fans, especially since his current contract with the entity expired on June 30 and officially separated from the team. of their lives.

Once Joan Laporta settled in the fund, one of his main goals was to try to reach an agreement on the basis of an agreement in accordance with the delicate situation of Barcelona’s treasury.

In recent weeks, the head of Blaugrana has waited with some apprehension for the star’s delight in having peace of mind in his project. Always clear within the salary limits set by LaLiga and that they have Barcelona with very limited room to maneuver because we must continue to reduce the salary block so that they can save 200 million. In this sense, the club does not rule out the departure of Griezmann and the merger of Rojiblanco Sale. The Frenchman is the footballer with the second highest salary in the Barcelona team.

They do not rule out the departure of Griezmann to Atletico Madrid

The club must release 200 million euros in collective salaries

With this renewal approved, Koeman would have the pillar he wanted to continue rebuilding the team. Thus, the arc will be placed in a story that arguably began last August when Messi sent Borovax a letter to the club in which he expressed his desire to leave Barcelona without waiting for the completion of the final season of his contract.

The Argentine was completely furious with Josep Maria Bartomeu’s guidance and thought he could unilaterally terminate his contract under the release clause that expired in May, but the striker realized it had been extended at the end of the season later than expected. due to the pandemic error.

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Barcelona considered that the clause was no longer valid, and in the end, Messi had no choice but to start the season under the leadership of Ronald Koeman, with whom he established a good relationship. Months later came Bartomeu’s resignation, the electoral process, and the victory in opinion polls in Laporta that the player has more feelings for.

Messi made his debut in 2004 with Barcelona’s first team, adding the 17-year-old to the elite club as he arrived at the age of 13 to enter the lower categories. He is the best footballer in the history of Barcelona and the player who has the main records for the side, such as goals scored, matches played and titles won.

By continuing at the Camp Nou, the Argentine will be able to share the dressing room with his dear friend Sergio Aguero, whose signature was too strategic in trying to keep, as the Barcelona president admitted to this newspaper a few weeks ago. Some veterans like Busquets and Jordi Alba continue to Barcelona and become a mentor to youngsters like Pedri.

Messi’s initial plan was to play two more seasons as Blaugrana and then go to the United States to end up as a soccer player in Miami. Despite the fact that he will now sign for five seasons with Barcelona, ​​he does not rule out that after the first two cycles he will start at MLS and will continue to receive his salary from Barcelona as an ambassador. From here five years Messi will be 39. At the club everything is ready when they have to write the official statement.