Lionel Messi will stay at the La Liga giants. The new figurehead at Barca, who was elected last month on a platform of keeping Messi at the club, has provided a series of interviews to Spanish media ahead of the Copa del Rey final against Athletic Club on Saturday night.And his comments reveal he's feeling confident the Argentinian legend - who made clear his intentions to leave the club last summer before standing down in a transfer wrangle - will stay at Camp Nou.
Messi has been linked with a switch to Paris Saint-Germain where he would link up with past team-mate Neymar. But Laporta told TV channel LaSexta: "Everything that has to do with Messi's renewal is progressing adequately." He also made clear to Deportes Cuatro that he is.
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