It has been announced by Barcelona that Lionel Messi will be soon signing the contract that will make him, again, part and parcel of the team. The yet to be signed contract is said be due till June 2021. Such an announcement places Barca’s president Josep Maria Bartomeu in question, since he has already stated that the contract was renewed and signed officially by Messi. July, 28 marked the day when Bartomeu was a guest in ESPN’s “Jorge Ramos Su Banda”, and during which he said that club was intending to hold a big celebration of Messi’s contract extension. He also went on to confirm twice that the contract was already signed by Messi. Accordingly, he said the following: “… Yes, Messi signed the contract a few days ago but we want to do is stage an event for the new contract, a four-year extension and we will do that after the US tour. We have already arranged an event for before the new season… We have to publicize this new agreement, even though it’s already been signed… “. The statements went unnoticed back then because media outlets and journalists were busy with Neymar’s move to PSG, but currently Bartomeu is facing a PR problem, since he already confirmed Messi’s contract renewal long ago.
