Messi renews Barca contract to 2018 – club

MADRID– Dec 18, 2012 (AFP)

Barcelona’s Argentine star striker Lionel Messi has agreed to renew his contract at the Spanish league leaders until June 2018, the club said Tuesday.

Barcelona said in a statement it had reached an agreement with Messi, whose current contract expires in 2016, and he would sign his new deal “in the coming weeks”.