Barcelona hope to tie Lionel Messi and Neymar down to new contracts


  • Barcelona received £557million last year and reduced their debt by £33m
  • Catalan giants made £155m from their sponsorship deal with Nike
  • Club in talks with Qatar's government over a new shirt sponsorship deal
  • Josep Maria Bartomeu expects Neymar to sign a new contract soon


  • Barcelona hope to extend the contracts of some of their top players, including Lionel Messi and Neymar, after announcing record revenue in 2015/16, club president Josep Maria Bartomeu said on Thursday.
    The Spanish champions in three of the past four seasons received £557million in the last financial year and reduced their debt by £33m.
    'We don't have to sell players to pay debts,' Bartomeu told a news conference. 'This is why we are looking at other financial sources and want this club to be global, which in the long run will bring further revenue.'
    Barcelona hope to secure the future of their top players including Neymar after announcing healthy profits
    Barcelona hope to secure the future of their top players including Neymar after announcing healthy profits
    Barcelona's highest paid player Lionel Messi still has two years left on his contract at the Nou Camp
    Barcelona's highest paid player Lionel Messi still has two years left on his contract at the Nou Camp

    Messi, 29, the highest-paid player at the club, has two years remaining on his current contract.
    'We have a strategic plan to continue to increase our revenue in order to keep up the competitiveness we have in football and maintain the best players here,' Bartomeu said.
    'We need to renew (the contract of) Messi and also (Javier) Mascherano, as well as lots of other players that we want to stay because they deserve it.'
    Messi, four-times winner of the FIFA Ballon d'Or, graduated from Barcelona's youth side after moving to Spain from Argentina and made his senior debut in 2003.
    His fellow Argentine, Mascherano, who is also under contract at the Camp Nou until June 2018, has been a target for Juventus.
    Bartomeu also said Brazilian striker Neymar was on the verge of signing a new extended deal with Barca, while new players would also be arriving.
    Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu revealed the Catalan club has just £50m to spend this summer
    Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu revealed the Catalan club has just £50m to spend this summer
    Barcelona received £557million in the last financial year and reduced their debt by £33m
    div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> Barcelona received £557million in the last financial year and reduced their debt by £33m 'Some of those were youth products of Barca while others could come from outside. We have a great team. We've won seven of the last nine titles and we have Messi, the best player in the world.'Sixty million euros is the figure that the sporting area is working on to dedicate to new signings,' he said. 'We're looking for reinforcements.
    'We are very happy with Luis Enrique.'
    Bartomeu added: 'We've had another record revenue of 670 million euros, pending an audit, which will be presented at the end of July.
    'That's 62 million euros more than last year. We've reduced our debt by 40 million and it's now at 280 million euros

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