Always faithful to the Barça: Lionel Messi will turn into 'One Club Man'

Everything aims that the agreement between Lionel Messi and the FC Barcelona is imminent. The Barcelona club would announce to final of the month of July the signing of the Argentinian star by five seasons, until 2026, accepting a discount salarial considerable, 50% of his last agreement. From two weeks ago, the '10' finds without club due to the fact that his contractual relation with the Barça expired the past 30 June, but will be again culé to all the effects and will remain by long.

The considered like the best of the world arrived to the Barça with hardly 13 years, after playing previously in the inferior categories of Newell's Old Boys. Since, the Argentinian star has not defended the T-shirt of any another team and, with the principle of agreement that has reached with the Barcelona club of face to the next five seasons, will turn into a 'One Club Man'. Therefore, Leo could reach 22 seasons playing with the Barcelona picture.

His debut sucedió on 16 October 2004 in front of the RCD Espanyol, and since has not done more than agrandar his figure until reaching the olimpo of the world-wide football. In case to fulfil his new agreement, Messi would play with the Barcelona picture until the 39 recently fulfilled years, and would follow breaking all the records that already has.

Messi would turn into the player with more parties in the history of the Barça (778), with more goals (672) and more titles (35). In addition to being the only player that has won six Balloons of Gold (way of the seventh), the same quantity that the Boots of Gold achieved, and a sinfín of records that would not finish to mention.

Leo, historical

To fulfil the five years of agreement, Messi would reach the 22 seasons like player of the Barça with 39 years. A figure that have reached few players. In the almost 22 years of history of the FC Barcelona, the only footballer that approaches to said marks dressing only the Barcelona colours is Carles Puyol, that defended the shield of the Barça during 15 seasons.

If it visualises the first line of the world-wide football, find authentic legends like Paolo Maldini, historical figure of the AC Milan by 25 seasons, as well as Francesco Totti, that did it in 24 in the Rome; Ryan Giggs, 23 with the Manchester United or Tony Adams, 22 in the Arsenal.

In spite of not reaching the seasons of Maldini, Totti or Giggs, the Argentinian star can go in in the podium of the players that in more opportunities has dressed the T-shirt of an only club. Sum 778, only surpassed by Totti (786), Billy Mcneill (822), Maldini (902) and Giggs (963). In the next campaign, could hang the medal of bronze when surpassing to the Italian forward and to the Scottish defence. It seems to remain far still of the central Italian and of the Welsh midfield player, but definitively the word 'impossible' does not appear in the dictionary of Leo.