Barcelona supporters fretting over Lionel Messi‘s future at the club may have to sweat it out a little longer.
Sporting director Robert Fernandez hopes the tricky Argentine will put pen to paper on a new contract with the Blaugrana sometime “soon,” although he didn’t provide a specific date.
Messi has yet to formalise the four-year deal that Barcelona announced in July, even if, as president Josep Maria Bartomeu claims, his father has signed an agreement in his son’s place.
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Fernandez confirmed Bartomeu’s interpretation of events Saturday, after Messi underscored his importance to Barcelona with a hat-trick performance against Espanyol.
“I point to our president’s words. (The signing) is an act which could happen at any moment. I hope it’s soon,” Fernandez said, according to ESPN FC.
Pressure’s on Bartomeu to tie down the 30-year-old, especially after a summer in which Neymar forced a move to Paris Saint-Germain. Fans at the Camp Nou have chanted for Bartomeu to resign amid a vote of no confidence from former presidential candidate Agusti Benedito.
“We have had a difficult month,” Fernandez added. “The most important thing …read more