The best football player in the world, Lionel Messi, has arrived in Barcelona in order to sign a new contract with his club.

His contract with Barça expired on the last day of June, but then he was at the Copa America where he won the title with Argentina and then went on vacation.

Messi has agreed a 50 per cent pay cut to stay at the club for the next five years.

Barcelona ran into financial problems during the coronavirus pandemic and was forced to drastically reduce its payroll budget.

The president of the Catalan club Joan Laporta Recently at the Memphis promotion, Depay said that the club has always wanted to continue the cooperation with the Argentine.

- What we have all always wanted is for Messi to stay in Barcelona. To be with us for a long time and play with talented players like Depay. We are very satisfied with how the two sides conducted these negotiations - Laporta told the club's website.