Joan Laporta and Lionel Messi signed a new contract Friday, a day before facing Atletico • The Flea charge ten and a half million Euros per each of the seven season · will have a buyout clause of 250 million euros
The Barcelona and Lionel Messi signed at 15:00 on Friday the new contract that will bind Flea Barca until 30 June 2016. The signing took place at the offices of the entity and the act did not lack Joan Laporta and the Argentinian footballer.
The renewal of Messi had become a priority for Barca, which substantially improves the crack Argentine wage increases of 100 million euros in its clause, to 250 million euros.
The striker became the highest paid footballer of Catalan club, and will perceive that nine million Euros per year, ten and a half million euros clean per season.
Contract signing took place at around 15.00 hours at the offices of the club. In addition to the Argentine player and president Joan Laporta, the event also enjoyed the presence of Leo Messi's brother, Rodrigo, Rafael Yuste and vice president Joan Boix, technical secretary Txiki Begiristain and football director, Raul Sanllehí.
Silver Ball, emoluments of gold that all point the player as the next Golden Ball after get the bronze and silver in the last two seasons, will become one of the best paid footballers in the world.
With this new contract, Leo Messi Barca claims to be for 15 years, she began her career at Barca 2001, at the lower levels of the club. In his years in the first team since 2004/05, the Argentine has scored 83 goals in 165 games.