- Farre believes that Barca should offer Messi an open contract so he can leave when he wants.
- However, after his retirement, Farre wants Leo to become a club ambassador or honorary president.
- The presidential candidate says he’ll start negotiations with Messi’s contract even before the elections.
“I think we have to have an open contract so that Leo Messi can decide when he retires at any moment,” presidential candidate Jordi Farre has told TyC Sports. (h/t Diario Sport)
“We’d be delighted if he asks to have a year playing for Newell’s and then come back and never leave Barcelona. It’s important to be grateful in life.
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“We’re not going to wait to win to speak with Leo’s dad. We’re going to get to work so we can go into the election relaxed about his future.
“We have a lifetime project for him. If we win, which we will, Leo will stay he for as long as he wants.
“He has to be the image of the club, whether that’s as an honorary president or ambassador. We also have to have a financial project to bring together the Barcelona brand and the Messi brand, but I have to explain that to him in person.
“It’s a brutal project. We have to convert Messi into the new [Michael] Jordan.”
Messi’s current contract expires next summer, meaning that he is free to sign a pre-agreement with a new club already in January. However, with a new president due to take charge, there’s a possibility that the Argentine decides to sign a new deal and stay at Barca.
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