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MESSI STAYING

Rumors involving the possible exit of Lionel Messi from Barcelona began to emerge as the club denied the Argentinean’s wishes of renewing and making an improved contract. It is believed that Messi wants an improved salary to match Neymar’s and C.Ronaldo’s of Real Madrid.

Since his wishes were rejected from the head chiefs of Barcelona, rumors began spreading stating that Messi could leave the club since he was not being satisfied but the vice president of the Catalan club stepped up and shut down those rumors as they insisted that Messi will not be leaving the club anytime soon.

“At the moment, no,” Javier Faus told reporters when asked if there were discussions over a new deal, before adding: “While I am president, I think it would be extremely difficult for Messi to leave the club, if not impossible.”

Even though there are some teams that can actually afford the 250 million-euro buy-out clause of Lionel Messi, it would not mean anything if the head chiefs in charge of Barcelona will not even allow the star player to leave.

Sergio Aguero was one of the top targets of Real Madrid and still remains being a player has attracted the attention of many top clubs but more significantly is Lionel Messi. The 4 times winner of the Ballon d’Or has wanted Barcelona to make a move for Aguero years ago but Manchester City are not willing to let go one of their most influential players.

The star of Manchester City has already renewed his contract with the Premier League club but Aguero has already stated his desire to play in Spain. Fiorentino Perez wants to get ahead of Barcelona in signing Aguero as they initially wanted to secure Neymar but had to settle with their 2nd option Gareth Bale and Perez does not want that to happen again.

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MESSI INJURY WOES

Barcelona’s director Toni Freixa has stated that he is confident that the club can overcome the absence of Lionel Messi for the next few weeks and continue getting their results. The club has once again made a great start to the season, which has seen them open up a lead over Real Madrid despite the season being just a handful of games old. Lionel Messi has been crucial to his good start for the club, although the Argentine has been struggling for goals in recent matches. This was due to the constant injury problems that he has faced this season.

Messi is already one of the top scorers in the la Liga season, but he’s already several behind the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Diego Costa. His latest injury will mean that Barcelona will be without him for up to 8 weeks, but Freixa reckons that this is something that the club should not worry about in the short-term. The Spanish giants are indeed extremely strong in this area of the pitch, but they will definitely miss one of the greatest players in the world. Messi holds the FIFA Ballon d’Or award given in the last four seasons, but he is set to be overtaken by either Ronaldo or Ribery.

The Argentine could return to first-team action by January.

“The team is always ‘Messi-dependent’ because it’s impossible not to be with the best player in the world. People talk about it like it’s something bad but it’s a good thing. We’ve improved this weakness now. The team have other resources and it is performing at a great level,” said Freixa. He will be hoping that players like Neymar, who have been brought to the club for huge fees, will be able to step up to the mark during this period.

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NO PROBLEMS

Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi has claimed that there are no problems between him and new signing Neymar. The Brazilian was brought to the club for a fee of £ 48 million and he is seen as the next superstar. He has already achieved a lot in football unlike Messi, who came to prominence only after coming to Barcelona. The Argentine, though, has managed to win the last four FIFA Ballon d’Or awards and he is seen as early as the player to beat in to win this award. There have been several reports of Neymar clashing with Messi, but the 26-year-old has rejected such rumours.

He has said that the two have been playing together only for a few matches and he hopes to get a better understanding of the 21-year-old as they play more matches. After Neymar was signed by the club, Barcelona legend Johan Cruyff even suggested that the club should not consider selling Messi because there cannot be two super stars in one team. The two players combined to devastating effect in the recent friendly match against the Thai national team. Barcelona managed to win the match 7-1 and it was a few days after the 8-0 drubbing of Brazilian club Santos.

“There’s no problem between us; these are things that come out of the press. We get on with each other on and off the pitch and we’re getting to know each other little by little. We haven’t played much together. But he’ll bring a lot of joy to the club, to us and to the people,” said Messi.

Messi scored 46 goals in the league alone for Barcelona last season. This helped the club win the title, which they are hoping to retain despite the threat from Real Madrid. Barcelona finished 15 points ahead of their arch rivals last season.