Barcelona captain Lionel Messi intends to remain in the team, despite a conflict with the club’s sports director and former teammate Eric Abidal.

According to Sky Sports, the 32-year-old Argentine is ready to discuss with the Blaugranas leadership the extension of the contract..

The current agreement of Messi with Barcelona is calculated until June 2021, but the contract of the football player has an option that allows the striker to become a free agent next summer.

The scandal of Messi and Abidal is filled the first pages of newspapers in Spain.

Abidal, in an interview with Sport, said the Catalan club decided to fire former head coach Ernesto Valverde because "

Messi replied to him on Instagram that he would give the names of the players, and also that the management should be responsible for their decisions..

The Spanish media suggested that the president of Barcelona, \u200b\u200bJosep Bartomeu, would dismiss Abidal, but he did not do this and held a conciliatory meeting between him and Messi.

Against the backdrop of the conflict in the blue-garnet camp, the press began to write in the press that Leo could leave Barca and pursue a career in one of five European clubs: Manchester United, Juventus, Inter, PSG and Manchester City.

Earlier it became known that Messi is the highest paid football player in the world.. According to the French publication L'Equipe, his pre-tax salary is 8.3 million euros per month.