It’s one week until Lionel Messi’s Barcelona contract expires. No extension has yet been announced.
However, it’s not clear whether he will stay at Barcelona or not. But the fate will be decided this coming week.
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Barcelona star’s new deal with the club will be announced this week.
It's one week until Lionel Messi's Barcelona contract expires.
No extension has yet been announced. pic.twitter.com/gxJvBHBghD
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According to “Le10 Sport” said that Barca president Joan Laporta wants to make the deal public on Thursday, which just so happens to be Messi’s 34th birthday, as rumours continue to suggest that an agreement has been reached between the Catalan club and Messi’s representatives.
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The Argentina forward was set to be out of contract on June 30. However, after telling Barcelona that he wanted to leave Camp Nou last August, it now looks as though Messi will complete a U-turn by committing his future to the club with which he made his first-team debut as a 16-year-old, beginning a journey that has seen him score 672 goals in 778 appearances.
