Messi renewed with Barcelona until 2018

Argentina's Lionel Messi signed his contract until June 30, 2018 with FC Barcelona arrive at that time 31 years old. The contract will have a  substantial increase in salary: pocket more than $ 16 million per season , whereas previously they were 13. The leaders of the  Barcelona  put "hands-on" a long time ago and  opened negotiations with the instance of Jorge Messi , father of the "Flea", getting a  contract extension that keeps Argentine force with the Catalans. Agreeing  was not difficult , first and foremost, because the crack Rosario  wanted to play for the "Catalans"  as throughout his career, and second because the Board of the club  was biased  and even offered several improvements to "bind" the best player in the world today. He had even speculated with increased buyout clause , but finally did not happen. In the new contract the Argentina captain of the figure the same as in the previous one: 250 million euros (about 340 million). After Puyol and Xavi, it was the turn of Leo Messi. The signing ceremony took place at the offices of FC Barcelona in the presence of the player, the president Sandro Rosell, Vice President of the Sports Area, Josep Maria Bartomeu and director of the Sports Area Football, Andoni Zubizarreta. The player, who arrived at Barca when he was 13 years and debuted with the first team when he was 16, appeared with the president in the team's Instagram account culé.