Lionel Messi will be offered an improved contract at Barcelona, according to club’s President, Josep Bartomeu.
The 26-year-old Argentina international’s current deal expires in 2018, but Bartomeu insisted he deserves a “modification.”
“We want to improve it because he deserves it, to adapt it to football’s current circumstance,” he said.
Bartomeu declined to comment on the future of manager Gerardo Martino.
Messi had been subjected to criticism in the Catalan press during Barcelona’s slump in form that had seen them knocked out of the Champions League, lose the Copa del Rey final and fall to third place in La Liga.
But ahead of Sunday’s league match at home to Athletic Bilbao, Bartomeu said Messi needs to be looked after.
Messi, who is Barcelona’s record goal scorer, had hit 25 goals this campaign but has struggled for form in a number of key matches.
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