• Barça include £626m buy-out clause in Argentinian’s new contract • Deal would appear to scupper Manchester City hopes of landing MessiLionel Messi has signed a new deal with Barcelona through to the summer of 2021. A renewal was agreed between player and club in July but it is only now that Messi has put pen to paper on the contract. Barcelona's draw with Juventus clinches last-16 place as Messi starts on bench Read moreAnnouncing the deal, the Catalan club said the Argentina forward has had a £626m buy-out clause inserted into his contract. That means, in all likelihood, that the 30-year-old will finish his career at the Camp Nou and not, as has been suggested for some time, move to Manchester City. Messi arrived at Barcelona from Newell’s Old Boys as a teenager in 2000 and made his first competitive appearance against Espanyol as a 17-year-old.

Source: The Guardian November 25, 2017 12:11 UTC