Lengthy talks about extending\u00a0out-of-contract superstar Lionel Messi’s historic stay at Barcelona are “progressing adequately”, according to president Joan Laporta.
\nMessi, 34, witnessed his\u00a0record-breaking 18-year attachment – which has contained 672 goals in 778 games and 34 major trophies – to the Catalans come to an official end\u00a0on July 1 when his last deal expired.\u00a0Difficulties complying with\u00a0La Liga’s financial fair play rules have complicated discussions between the parties about a renewal.
\nLaporta, however, was optimistic about a successful conclusion during the presentation of Mago Pop’s show ‘Nothing is impossible’.
\n“[Messi’s renewal] is progressing adequately,” he said.
\n“All the Catalans, Barcelona, Catalonia and the entire football world are happy because Leo won the Copa America.
\n“It is very exciting to see the best player in football history get excited about winning a title like this and he made all of us cry with joy.
\n“He is very happy, we are all happy, I am happy for Leo who has managed [to win the Copa America], together with his team-mates, and that Argentina are once again in the elite, and [I am] also [happy] for [Sergio] Aguero.
\n“I am happy for Messi’s family, for Argentina, for Barcelona who are recognised, admired and loved for having this bond with Leo.”
\nMessi was player of the tournament last weekend when Argentina beat hosts Brazil 1-0 in the Copa America final, ending his senior international trophy drought.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Lengthy talks about extending\u00a0out-of-contract superstar Lionel Messi\u2019s historic stay at Barcelona are \u201cprogressing adequately\u201d, according to president Joan Laporta.
\nMessi, 34, witnessed his\u00a0record-breaking 18-year attachment \u2013 which has contained 672 goals in 778 games and 34 major trophies \u2013 to the Catalans come to an official end\u00a0on July 1 when his last deal expired.\u00a0Difficulties complying with\u00a0La Liga\u2019s financial fair play rules have complicated discussions between the parties about a renewal.
\nLaporta, however, was optimistic about a successful conclusion during the presentation of Mago Pop\u2019s show \u2018Nothing is impossible\u2019.
\n\u201c[Messi\u2019s renewal] is progressing adequately,\u201d he said.
\n\u201cAll the Catalans, Barcelona, Catalonia and the entire football world are happy because Leo won the Copa America.
\n\u201cIt is very exciting to see the best player in football history get excited about winning a title like this and he made all of us cry with joy.
\n\u201cHe is very happy, we are all happy, I am happy for Leo who has managed [to win the Copa America], together with his team-mates, and that Argentina are once again in the elite, and [I am] also [happy] for [Sergio] Aguero.
\n\u201cI am happy for Messi\u2019s family, for Argentina, for Barcelona who are recognised, admired and loved for having this bond with Leo.\u201d
\nMessi was player of the tournament last weekend when Argentina beat hosts Brazil 1-0 in the Copa America final, ending his senior international trophy drought.<\/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\/99503"}],"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=99503"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99504,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99503\/revisions\/99504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=99503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=99503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=99503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}