Bartomeu: "You have to think about the post-Messi"

Although this year will attack the extension of the Argentine contract, the president of Barça admits that it is time to go thinking about a Barça without the Argentine.

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It is not the first time he has declared it and he repeated it again in Reuters. Josep Maria Bartomeu, president of Barça, begins to mentalize the partner that Leo Messi is not eternal and that Barça, no matter how much it will work to renew it this year, must be preparing the relay and a new football cycle without the Argentine: "I think our obligation is to work in the post-Messi era. We are already thinking about that because we are bringing new players. As president I hope that Leo is still with us for many years but we have to think about this change for when he decides to stop playing ".

Messi ends the contract in June 2021, although Bartomeu has already made clear since the last extension of the Argentine contract (which was delayed to raise his clause to 700 million) that it would not be the last one he would sign with Barça. Throughout this season, and respecting the times of the player, they will begin to negotiate a contract that could closely resemble the lifetime signed by Iniesta. A contract that would free him from playing at Barça when he wanted to retire or try an experience in another country and then join the club to probably make him a world ambassador or, basically, whatever he wants to be at Barça.