Messi Sepakat Perbarui Kontrak di Barcelona Hingga 2018
Messi Has Agreed to Renew His Contract in Barcelona Until 2018
Editor : Heru S Winarno
Translator : Parulian Manalu
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Madrid (B2B) - Peraih tiga kali penghargaan Ballon D`Or asal Argentina Lionel Messi setuju untuk memperbarui kontraknya di raksasa Spanyol sampai Juni 2018, demikian disampaikan klub Barcelona pada Selasa.
Barcelona mengatakan dalam pernyataannya bahwa mereka telah mencapai kata sepakat dengan Messi (25), yang kontraknya saat ini berakhir pada 2016, dan ia akan menandatangani kontrak barunya dalam "beberapa pekan mendatang."
Barca juga mencapai kesepakatan dengan dua pemain papan atas lainnya, bek veteran sekaligus kapten Carles Puyol dan gelandang Xavi Hernandez, yang akan menandatangani kontrak untuk bertahan sampai 2016.
Puyol (34), setuju untuk memperpanjang kontrak saat kontraknya saat ini habis pada tahun depan, dan Xavi (32) akan melakukan hal yang sama saat kontraknya habis pada 2014.
"Berita-berita ini berarti FC Barcelona telah mengamankan ikatan dengan tiga pemain paling penting," demikian disampaikan klub.
Madrid - Barcelona´s Argentinian three-time Ballon D´Or winner Lionel Messi has agreed to renew his contract at the Spanish giants until June 2018, the club said on Tuesday.
Barcelona said in a statement it had reached an agreement with Messi, 25, whose current contract expires in 2016, and he would sign his new deal "in the coming weeks".
It also reached agreements with two of its other top players, veteran defender and captain Carles Puyol and midfielder Xavi Hernandez, who will each sign up to stay until 2016.
Puyol, 34, agreed to extend his contract when it expires next year and Xavi, 32, will do so when his expires in 2014.
Puyol had said he wants to continue his professional career until he´s 40, although he said he didn´t want to "have to drag myself onto the field."
