Barcelona president Joan Laporta has declared \u201ceverything is very much on the right track\u201d for Lionel Messi\u2019s long-awaited contract renewal.
\nMessi, 34, became a free agent when his deal expired on June 30. Issues related to meeting La Liga\u2019s stringent financial fair play regulations have complicated the matter, although widespread reports insist a five-year extension on a 50-per-cent wage reduction has been agreed by the iconic Argentina forward.
\n\u201cWe are in the process of getting Messi to stay,\u201d Laporta said. \u201cHe wants to stay at Barca and we have to make sure that happens.
\n\u201cWe all want Messi in La Liga because he is a world-class player, the best in the world, and he clearly helps to promote the league. I know Leo wants to stay and appreciate that highly.
\n\u201cEverything is very much on the right track.\u201d
\nMessi has still not returned to Spain since last month\u2019s 2021 Copa America victory with Los Albiceleste.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Barcelona president Joan Laporta has declared \u201ceverything is very much on the right track\u201d for Lionel Messi\u2019s long-awaited contract renewal.
\nMessi, 34, became a free agent when his deal expired on June 30. Issues related to meeting La Liga\u2019s stringent financial fair play regulations have complicated the matter, although widespread reports insist a five-year extension on a 50-per-cent wage reduction has been agreed by the iconic Argentina forward.
\n\u201cWe are in the process of getting Messi to stay,\u201d Laporta said. \u201cHe wants to stay at Barca and we have to make sure that happens.
\n\u201cWe all want Messi in La Liga because he is a world-class player, the best in the world, and he clearly helps to promote the league. I know Leo wants to stay and appreciate that highly.
\n\u201cEverything is very much on the right track.\u201d
\nMessi has still not returned to Spain since last month\u2019s 2021 Copa America victory with Los Albiceleste.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111029"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=111029"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111031,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111029\/revisions\/111031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}