Barcelona team arrives Barcelona airport after qualifying to Champions League final. In this picture, Bartomeu. FC Barcelona was defeated by Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League semi final second leg match held at Allianz Arena. /MARCA_1218.08/Credit:GERMAN PARGA/MARCA/SIPA/1505131639, Image: 244482081, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: GERMAN PARGA/MARCA / Sipa Press / Profimedia

File photo - Barcelona's Lionel Messi celebrates after winning the Champion's League Final soccer match, Barcelona vs Juventus in Berlin, Germany, on June 6th, 2015. Barcelona won 3-1. Argentine football star Lionel Messi has sent a letter to Barcelona informing the club that he wants to leave the team. Following the Catalan side's humiliating 8-2 defeat by Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarterfinals, club president Josep Maria Bartomeu told Barca TV: "Messi has said many times that he wants to finish career at Barca. In July 2017, Barcelona and Messi announced a contract extension that would keep Messi with the team until June 30, 2021 and is reportedly worth €565,000 ($645,000) a week. Messi, 33, has been with the club since 2000. Photo by Henri Szwarc/ABACAPRESS.COM