"Barcelona" president Josep Maria Bartomeu revealed that the club will seek to keep their star Lionel Messi and will start negotiations for a new contract in the near future.
The current striker's contract is valid until 2018, but the Catalans do not want to wait until there is only one year left until its end.
"There are still two years left until the end of Messi's contract, but we will talk about its extension, because we want him to stay with us", Bartomeu told Catalunya Radio.
This summer was tough for the five-time world's best football player - he lost the "Copa America" final for the second time in a row with the Argentina national team and even decided to retire from the national team.
However, Messi dealt with the troubles, agreed to continue defending his country's honor and at the beginning of the club season scored three goals and made the same number of assists in four matches.
