Messi, 2022

There are some issues that need to be solved earlier, like Sergio Busquets or Neymar's contracts, but Barcelona are already thinking in the way to extend Leo Messi's career at the club.

The Argentinian finishes his contract on 30th June 2018 and the newspaper says that next season the club will need to improve Rakitic and Luis Suarez deals too. AlsoMessi's contract and they want to do it until 2022.

Messi is now 29 and if he did extend his contract until 2022, he will be 35 by then. The club wants him to be there when de new Camp Nou is unveiled.

Extend Leo Messi's contract will be a priority and a challenge for the board next season.

Beckham thinking in Leo Messi for his MLS franchise

David Beckham is set to launch his Miami MLS franchise very soon. After playing in the league some time ago and knowing it can develop into a very important one, former Manchester United star is convinced he can capture Leo Messi in the future. Messi finishes his contract with Barcelona in 2018, but the club want to improve the deal and extend it until 2022, when the Argentinian will be 35 years old. May be the time then for Beckham? He will surely try earlier. In any case, according to the Daily Mail, these are Beckham's plans. The English former player also has Zlatan Ibrahimovic in his wish list. However, getting Messi in the future will be really difficult. He wants to finish his European career at Barcelona, and according to his quotes in different interviews, would enjoy a comeback to Argentina in the final part of his career.

Luis Enrique wants Mathieu to continue

Jerémy Mathieu took the chance at Valleca's mixed zone aftEnrique considers the French defender is very valuable because he can play in two positions -centre back and left back- and do it quite well.

However Rayo , the future of Thomas Vermaelen is not so clear as he may be heading back to the Premier League. Barcelona will try to improve their defensive line in the summer, with a potential centre-back coming in. Bartra and Vermaelen might leave the club, but Luis Enrique wants Mathieu to stay. .er playing againstVallecano to say the rumours about him leaving to Monaco at the end of the season were untrue.

Luis Enrique's Barcelona are the best team in Spanish football history

After extending their unbeaten run to a magnificent 35 games, the current Barcelona team certainly have a case to be considered the best team in the history of Spanish football. Since the domestic league was established back in 1928, there have been plenty of winning teams that can be remembered as legendary, but no other side has ever had a more devastating attack than the current Barca.

Diego Maradona says he would have punched Lionel Messi over Suarez pen

Argentina’s greatest player has emphatically laid down the law to a certain wannabe.

Or the other way around depending on your point of view.

While everyone else marvelled at Lionel Messi’s layoff to Luis Suarez from the penalty spot, Diego Maradona was not a fan.

Back in the day, Maradona loved toying with defences as much as anyone.

The Barcelona star insists there is a mutual respect between himself and his Real Madrid counterpart, but admits that he does not count the Portuguese as a friend

Barcelona star Lionel Messi insists there is a mutual respect between himself and Real Madrid'sCristiano Ronaldo, but admits their relationship does not go beyond that.

Messi and Ronaldo are widely considered the best players of the modern era, with the debate over which of the two is the greatest splitting players, pundits and fans alike.

No player outside the superstar duo has won the Ballon d'Or since 2007 and the battle for number one, as well as their allegiance to Spanish football's rival superpowers, has led to rumours that they dislike each other.

While Messi insists that they show respect towards one another, he stopped short of saying they have a pleasant relationship.

"We are professionals that defend our teams, and rivals in this game, nothing more than that," Messi told Argentine newspaper El Grafico.

The 24-year-old laid on Lionel Messi's first goal to move into double figures for assists in La Liga this season as Luis Enrique's side romped to victory on Thursday night

Barcelona were once again in stellar form as they thrashed Rayo Vallecano 5-1 to move eight points clear at the top of La Liga with 11 games left to play.

The victory also saw Luis Enrique's side surpass Real Madrid to set a new Spanish record of 35 games unbeaten which has stood since the 1988-89 season.

Lionel Messi was again the star for the visitors as he netted a hat-trick, with Ivan Rakitic and Arda Turan also on target. Luis Suarez was left frustrated, though, after seeing his second-half penalty saved.

Neymar was another man who failed to find the back of the net although his assist for Messi's first goal means the Brazilian does reach a landmark.