Barcelona sporting director Robert Fernandez is very hopeful Lionel Messi will sign his new contract with the club “soon.”
Fernandez said: “I point to our president’s words. [The signing] is an act which could happen at any moment. I hope it’s soon.”
“He’s come back from international duty [with Argentina], after a lot of travel and two tough games,” Fernandez said. “He is capable of changing a game at any moment and the difficult thing he manages is to maintain that rhythm.”
“We have had a difficult month. The most important thing in these moments is to remain calm,” he said.
“In complicated situations, with the summer we’ve had, calm is necessary. If we let time pass a little, we will see things differently. We respect all opinions, but the last two, three weeks have been complicated.
“The people that have had to explain things have not done it well. That includes me, among others, but also the media. And there are things which aren’t true. News has come out which isn’t real and these things do damage and create unpleasant situations.”
“What we also want is that Andres is here for many more years and that he ends his career here,” Fernandez said. “I’m convinced that will happen.”
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