Lionel Messi signs new Barcelona contract until 2021.
Lionel Messi signs new Barcelona contract until 2021
*Buyout clause: €700m.
Lionel Messi has ended speculation about his future by signing a new contract with Barcelona until 2021.
Messi's previous deal had been due to expire at the end of the season, but this is the ninth professional contract the Argentina international has signed since he moved to the Camp Nou and commits him to the club until he is 34.
Barca announced the news in an an official club statement, which read: "FC Barcelona and Lionel Messi signed on Saturday morning a new contract that will keep the Argentinian superstar at the Club through the 2020/21 season.
"The buyout clause was set at €700m. Thus, by the time the new deal expires, the 30-year-old striker will have spent 17 years with the first team."
On his official Twitter account, Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu said: "We are in luck with the Barça players. We continue to enjoy the best player in the history of football."
*Buyout clause: €700m.
Lionel Messi has ended speculation about his future by signing a new contract with Barcelona until 2021.
Messi's previous deal had been due to expire at the end of the season, but this is the ninth professional contract the Argentina international has signed since he moved to the Camp Nou and commits him to the club until he is 34.
Barca announced the news in an an official club statement, which read: "FC Barcelona and Lionel Messi signed on Saturday morning a new contract that will keep the Argentinian superstar at the Club through the 2020/21 season.
"The buyout clause was set at €700m. Thus, by the time the new deal expires, the 30-year-old striker will have spent 17 years with the first team."
On his official Twitter account, Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu said: "We are in luck with the Barça players. We continue to enjoy the best player in the history of football."
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