Barcelona President Reveals Lionel Messi and Jordi Alba’s Future

DBasia.news –  Josep Maria Bartomeu, President of FC Barcelona, ​​assured fans that they did not need to worry about the fate of  Lionel Messi, Jordi Alba and Ernesto Valverde’s future. All three will continue to strengthen Blaugrana.

Even though there is currently no discussion with Lionel Messi regarding a new contract, Bartomeu believes the player will spend the rest of his career at Barcelona. He emphasized that La Pulga is a symbol of the club.

“Lionel Messi will continue to be with us. He is a club player and this relationship will continue forever,” Bartomeu told the RKB.

Furthermore, Bartomeu revealed that Barcelona also wanted to continue to maintain Jordi Alba. Barca has prepared a new long duration contract for the Spanish national team player.

“He has told us if we want a new contract. We have offered him a new contract for five years and I hope both parties will continue to discuss the agreement,” Bartomeu said.

At the moment, Barcelona still has the chance to win three titles namely LaLiga, Copa del Rey and Champions League. Bartomeu assessed that this was inseparable from the greatness of Valverde in preparing the strategy.

Bartomeu revealed that he had challenged Valverde to reach the third treble in the last 10 years. The president believes Valverde will continue to support Lionel Messi and his mates.

“I’m sure he will stay. He trusts the players and this is the second season for him. The main goal is to finish the season strongly and win everything. I believe he can lead the team to win anything. He will continue to train Barcelona,” Bartomeu said.

Barcelona will face Real Valladolid in the 2018-2019 continuing LaLiga match, Sunday (17/2). Three days after, Philippe Coutinho and his mates will visit Olympique Lyon headquarters in the Champions League top 16 first leg match.