Barcelona legend Rivaldo feels it is a formality that Lionel Messi will be leaving Barcelona at the end of the season, insisting the new board will be unable to tempt him to stay.
Messi is able to depart the Nou Camp at the end of the season on a free, and constant links with Pep Guardiola's Manchester City refuse to go away.
The Argentine shocked the football world in the summer when he publicly requested to leave his lifelong club and seek a new challenge, only for Barca to drag their feet and keep Messi locked into his current deal.