
MOSCOW, Oct 10 Barcelona to install a statue of former Argentine striker Lionel Messi, who currently plays for France's Paris Saint-Germain, said Spanish football club president Joan Laporta. Messi is not going to renew his contract with PSG and discussed with Laporta a possible return to the club. Six-time winner of the Golden Ball Messi left Barcelona in the summer of 2021, where he spent his entire adult career, after the end of the contract and signed an agreement with PSG according to the «2 + 1» scheme. At the end of the 2022/23 season, the 35-year-old Argentine can become a free agent.

