- Messi keen to ‘experience life and the league’ in US
- Forward out of contract at Barça in the summer
Lionel Messi has maintained he is in no rush to decide his future despite approaching the end of his contract with Barcelona.
Messi’s deal expires at the end of the season, meaning he is free to negotiate a summer switch from January, sparking consistent speculation over a move to the Premier League. But in an interview broadcast by Spanish TV channel La Sexta, Messi said he was happy at the Camp Nou and indicated his long-term future may lie across the Atlantic.
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