Talks over the renewal of Leo Messi’s contract with Barça could accelerate this week, after his father’s arrival in Barcelona.
Jorge MessI went to Johan Cruyff this Sunday to follow live, together with his son Rodrigo (who is Konrad de la Fuente’s agent since January), in the victory of Barcelona B (3-2) over the Villarreal branch and not he had no doubt being seen in the stands of the Barça stadium.
Although this week a source close to Messi assured ESPN Sports that there was no negotiation with the club to discuss its renewal and rejected any information to the contrary, Joan Laporta, who after the Copa del Rey final was particularly affectionate with the captain in the dressing room, expressed absolute confidence in Sevilla in the agreement on the continuity of the crack. “Leo wants Barça, I am convinced that (https://espndeportes.espn.com/futbol/espana/nota/_/id/8490265/barcelona-final-copa-rey-joan-laporta-lionel-messi) he wants to stay “And we will do everything we can to continue,” said the Barça president, without clarifying the state of the issue.
Jorge Messi’s presence does not mean that negotiations with Barça will take place immediately, as the club is still waiting to find out the exact financial situation it will know from the audit commissioned by Laporta, but it could provoke a first personal contact between the Barça president and his father. Messi, who maintains a very good relationship from the first stage of the president at the club (it was under his mandate when the Argentine signed up to five contractual improvements between June 2005 and September 2009.
Leo concludes his contract with Barcelona at the end of this season and, although in August last year, after the controversy that arose after the presentation of a bureaufax requesting his departure, it was assumed that, remaining against his will, he will leave the club in 2021. on Monday the situation changed considerably.
In fact, the Argentine’s presence at the Camp Nou on the day of the March 7 elections was already a sign of his commitment to Barça and, although his vote was not revealed, his good relationship with Laporta is no secret, which could facilitate conversations