Messi will meet with Koeman to speak about his Barça future

Messi will meet with Koeman to speak about his Barça future

Bartomeu: Koeman me ha dicho que Messi es su pilar / | FC Barcelona

Bartomeu has convinced the Argentine to speak with the new coach

Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has managed to force a meeting between Lionel Messi and Ronald Koeman to convince the Argentine star about the merits of the Dutch coach's new project. 

SPORT have learned that Bartomeu has been in contact with Jorge Messi, the father and agent of Leo, to assure him that they want his son to lead Koeman's project. For now, there's no date for the meeting. 

Messi's doubts about staying don't focus so much on the coach but on the club's capacity to renew the squad to make it competitive enough to win titles. 

The reality is that the overhaul is going to be very complicated. With the veterans on long contracts and big salaries, it's going to be tough to move them on. 

There are less than two weeks until the team returns to training, with La Liga starting in September, and there are a lot of decisions to be made. 

Messi, meanwhile, waits. As SPORT revealed earlier this week, he's been left hugely disappointed by the Bayern Munich defeat. So much that he has begun to consider his future at the club. 

Now he must decide if he stays (he has a deal until 2021 and would love to because this is home) or goes to another club with a winning project. 

Bartomeu hopes to be able to convince Messi that the appointment of Koeman as the new coach will help bring about the changes he so desires. 

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