On the 14th anniversary of his first official match with the first team of Barcelona, news reports from within the Catalan team made rumors about the duration of Argentinian striker Lionel Messi.
Messi played his first match with Barça on October 16, 2004 in front of Espanyol in the derby of Barcelona, but that wonderful anniversary did not prevent the Catalan team officials, and the same day after 14 years, to announce the fact is important for the legendary star's association with the team.
The website "AS" for the newspaper "Sport" Spanish statements to Barcelona's official spokesman, Josep Besis, expressed surprise at the news of the extension of his contract with the team for a future period.
The "Argentine Flea" renewed his contract on 25 November 2017, until 2021, while Bicis confirmed that "the renewal of Messi's contract, is not on the table, and I have no information on this matter."
He added, according to "AS": "late we renewed his contract, so for me all this news is nothing but false rumors."
The final contract in 2017 contains a penalty clause of 700 million euros, Messi is among the highest paid players in the world, and receives a salary of about 50 million euros annually.
The first decade of the "flea" was with Barcelona in 2005, when he was 18 years old, and signed a contract for 5 years until 2010.
He then renewed the management of the club with him with an improvement in his contract in the same year in September.
It was the third time in January 2007 after scoring a hat-trick in the match against Real Madrid, and the penalty clause in his contract at the time 150 million euros.
He was renewed for the fourth time by Pep Guardiola when Ronaldinho left the team to become the most expensive player in the team.
After winning the trophy in 2009, Messi signed a new contract for the fifth time, linking him to the team until 2016, and has a penalty clause worth 250 million euros.
In January 2012 he signed his sixth contract to receive an annual salary of 10.5 million euros, and the seventh time after his return from the World Cup Brazil 2014, before the extension of the last year for the eighth time.
