Talks for the renewal of Leo Messi’s contract with Barça could accelerate this week, following the arrival of his father in Barcelona.
Jorge Messand went this Sunday to Johan Cruyff to follow live, along with his son Rodrigo (who is the agent of Konrad de la Font since January), in the victory of Barcelona B (3-2 ) on the Villarreal branch and had no problem being seen in the stands of the Barça stadium.
Although during this week a source close to Messi assured ESPN Sports that there had been no negotiations with the club to deal with its renewal and rejected any information to the contrary, Joan Laporta, who after the Copa del Rey final was especially affectionate with the captain in the locker room , expressed in Seville his absolute confidence in agreeing 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 “Yes, and we will do everything in our power to keep it going,” said the Barça president, without clarifying the state of the matter.
The presence of Jorge Messi does not mean that the negotiations with Barça will take place immediately as the club is still waiting to know exactly the financial situation that it will know from the audit commissioned by Laporta, however, could provoke a first personal contact between the Barça president and Messi’s father, who have maintained a very good relationship since the first stage of the club’s mandate (it was under his mandate when Argentine signed up to five contract improvements between June 2005 and September 2009.
Leo ends his contract with Barcelona at the end of this season and although last August, after the controversy arising from the presentation of a burofax requesting his departure it was taken for granted that , staying against his will, would leave the club in 2021, in recent months the situation has changed considerably.
In fact, the Argentine’s presence at the Camp Nou during the election day on March 7 was already a sign of his commitment to Barça and although his vote was not revealed, it is no secret that his good relationship with Laporta, who could facilitate conversations.