Lionel Messi will be going nowhere as long as Sandro Rosell is in charge at Barcelona, the Catalans' president said on Thursday.
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"As long as I'm president of Barca, everything will be done that is possible and even impossible so that Messi stays at the club," said Rosell at an event to present a partnership with American electronics giant Intel.
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"It is extremely difficult, not to say impossible, that Messi will leave the club."
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Four-time Ballon D'Or winner Messi is currently injured and out of action until January.
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He is under contract until 2018, which will take him almost up to his 31st birthday.
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But speculation about Messi's future was sparked on Tuesday by Barca's economic vice-president Javier Faus's assertion that they did not need to renegotiate his contract.
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"Why? His contract was only renegotiated six months ago," said Faus in an interview with Rac1 radio station.
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According to media claims in Spain, Messi has a €250 million buy-out clause, although teams that could afford that are few and far between.
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The rumours about a possible renegotiation seem to stem from a question of salaries.
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Cristiano Ronaldo signed a new contract at Real Madrid in September allegedly making him the highest paid player in Spain, according to Sports newspaper Marca, on €17 million a season, with Messi supposedly being paid only €16 million, according to Forbes magazine.
I honestly feel he should quit Barcelona already. We've known him in that club for a very long time. It's time to leave