The FC Barcelona already schedules the future of the club for when it was not Messi

Josep Maria Bartomeu has confirmed in an interview in the 'BBC Sport' that the FC Barcelona carries already a pair of years preparing a hypothetical future of the club without Leo Messi. The Argentinian goes to fulfil 32 years and, in principle, do not remain him more than two or three years to the maximum level. Precisely therefore Bartomeu has gone fichando year to year to several young players that sometime will have to be the leaders of the Barça on the terrain of game.

"I know that some day Messi will leave to play, expect that it was inside four or five years, and want to prepare the club for the future", admitted the president culé. Dembélé, Of Jong or Coutinho would have to be the natural substitutes of Leo to half term. "We are bringing to young talents to the club like Dembélé, Coutinho and Frenkie of Jong. We want to and we have to keep this line of excellence and successes", affirmed.

In the Barcelona have played grandísimos players and legends like Johan Cruyff, Kubala, Maradona, Ronaldinho or more recently Xavi and Iniesta. But any of them will be never to the same height that Leo Messi. The Argentinian marked a before and an afterwards in the history of the club and when it withdraw or decide to leave probably have in his have all the records of the Barça.

Bartomeu is conscious that in two years will finish his mandate and wants to leave a team of present and future that carry to the Barça to achieve a lot of more sportive and institutional successes. "My mandate finish in two seasons and want to prepare the club for the future, to give the relief with a lot of more followers, many more income and a lot of more projects, so that the team of football keep on being a competitive team", explained.

The Barcelona president also referred to the legends that somehow marked the history of the Barça recently and appointed to Ronaldinho and to Pep Guardiola. "Ronaldinho Gave us back the smile, the satisfaction, the happiness. Guardiola, on the other hand, like trainer did to grow to the club and moved them to the sportive excellence", said the maximum mandator barcelonista.

Bartomeu admits that it loves him bring new talents

In words of the president himself, what more likes him of his work is definitely fichar and present new talents that can triumph like blaugranas. It put the example of how fichó to Frenkie of Jong. "When we litigated because it came to the Barcelona and think that it could opt by not coming, decide to take an aeroplane and go to explain him to him and to his family what is the Barça. Which things like city and like club could offer him to him and how the decision that he took went to change his life for ever", concluded Bartomeu.