Barcelona: Lionel Messi Argentina has not agreed to a new contract with Barcelona, a club where he has spent his entire career, and the 21-year association with Catalans can end at midnight on Wednesday if no new agreement is reached.
However, the top scorer of all time Barca, who joined in 13 years in September 2000, could exceed June 30 as a free agent, and officially not belong to the club until he placed a pen onto the contract extension.
The club refused to comment on the situation of Messi’s contract when contacted by Reuters on Tuesday.
Failure to bind Messi to the agreement before June 30 will be embarrassing for Barca and President Joan Laporta while highlighting the dangerous financial situation of the club.
The club has a total debt of more than 1 billion euros, while the convention contract will end soon, which he signed in 2017, was the most profitable in world sports, according to January report in the El Mundo newspaper.
Laporta said this month that Messi, who tried to leave the club last year after falling with the head of Josep Maria Bartomeu before, wanted to stay but also urged his captain to sign as soon as possible.
“I want Messi to tell us as soon as possible, it will help us in many ways,” he told the La Vanguardia newspaper.
“We are in constant communication, he hopes and I thank him because it shows the willingness to stay.” Messi, who was 34 weeks ago, became the best performance maker of Agrentina’s time on Monday when he scored two goals in a 4-1 victory over Bolivia at the Copa America.
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