Barcelona presidential hopeful Victor Font is eager for Lionel Messi to stay at the Nou Camp, according to Toni Nadal. The long-term future of Barcelona's talismanic forward has been in major doubt ever since the Catalan's humiliating 8-2 Champions League quarter-final defeat to Bayern Munich last season.
Messi had hoped to end his love affair with the La Liga giants in the summer by exercising a clause in his contract he believed would allow him to leave on a free transfer.
The six-time Ballon d'Or winner, however, performed a U-turn when they prospect of a long and drawn-out legal battle with his employers became apparent.
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