After attending the FIFA award ceremony, Messi and his party returned to Barcelona. At the airport, Messi naturally became the focus of everyone. Messi, holding his son, was surrounded by reporters and asked when he would renew his contract with Barcelona. However, Messi did not answer this question and ignored the reporters at the scene. However, when faced with the fans' autographed photo request, Messi met their wishes, and then Messi and his family left the airport by car.
Regarding Messi's silent response, the Spanish media also said that Messi's attitude towards renewing the contract was very suspicious. As early as July of 20 17, Barcelona officially announced that Messi agreed to renew his contract with Barcelona until the summer of 200212008, but Messi did not sign the contract and was obviously still considering his future.
Not long ago, when talking about Messi's contract, Barca CEO Grau even said that he would give Messi a lifetime contract: "Messi has renewed his contract with Barcelona for four years, but the club will give him a lifetime contract." However, it is still unknown whether Messi will sign a new four-year contract.