Spanish newspaper Marca confirmed that Argentine star Lionel
Messi Barcelona striker, will sign a new contract with the club before the end
of this week.
The newspaper pointed out that the management of Barça put
all the outlines of the terms of the agreement with Messi, awaiting the arrival
of his father from Argentina, and it was supposed to be the signing of
contracts last week, but the death of Tito Vilanova disrupted the proceedings.
it added that Messi salary in the new contract will increase
to 20 million euros with a contract extension for another year, to end in 2019.
Marca noted that the Argentine magician will sign on the
seventh contract with Barca, where he signed his first professional contract in
2005, and three months later the same year, the contract was amended in
September, after impressing in the friendly match against Juventus.
In January 2007, has been put a penalty clause in his contract
worth 150 million euros and runs until 2014, and then increased his salary to
8.5 million euros after the departure of Ronaldinho in 2008.
In September 2009, Messi extended his contract to 2016, and
increased his salary to 11 million euros, has also increased the penalty clause
to 250 million euros, before extending his contract for the last time in
February 2013 to 2018 salary of 16 million euros.
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