By Mimy
The transfer story of last summer was a potential Barcelona exit for Messi, although after publicly announcing his attention to leave, soon decided to stay for another year.
It coincided with the appointment of Ronald Koeman as a manager with the influential Barcelona presidential elections set to take place later this year after Josep Maria Bartomeu resigned.
Terry Gibson, Spanish football experts expects Messi to continue at Barcelona after the end of this season - even with a clause in his contract allowing him to leave for free - and has praised Koeman's approach to using young talent.
picture: Sky Sports
"The Messi situation hasn't changed. The Barcelona presidential elections have been delayed again due to coronavirus, but Juan Laporta looks to be favourite and he believes he can satisfy what Messi wants. - He told the Transfer Talk Podcast.
"Barcelona now has some special young players and that might be enough to convince Messi to hang around a bit longer. He's been in good form and his relationship with Koeman is good - he can see where the club is trying to head.
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