COPE: Barcelona will announce Lionel Messi's contract renewal on Wednesday

COPE: Barcelona will announce Lionel Messi's contract renewal on Wednesday

Messi está a punto de firmar su nuevo contrato
Messi está a punto de firmar su nuevo contrato | sport

We revealed that the contract is now in the club offices, ready to sign

Messi will sign on until 2022 and will likely put pen to paper on July 15

Barcelona are expected to announce the deal to renew Lionel Messi’s contract on Wednesday, according to Cadena Cope.

The club are planning to extend Messi’s deal until June 2022, when he will turn 35 years old.

During recent weeks Messi and Barcelona have moved closer together and SPORT reported that the contract is now in the Barcelona offices, ready to sign. The release fee clause will be around 300 million euros.

Barcelona are expected to announce the deal on Wednesday but Messi will not sign it until he returns from his honeymoon after his wedding to Antonela Roccuzzo, on June 30.

The official signature should take place after July 15, when Messi is back for pre-season training under new coach Ernesto Valverde.