BARCELONA, Spain (AP) Even though Lionel Messi is still going strong, Barcelona's club president has already started to look ahead to that unwanted day when the club's all-time great steps off the Camp Nou field for the very last time.
Josep Bartomeu told The Associated Press in an interview on Friday that ''we are preparing this post-Messi era.''
''In the next coming two or three seasons our leader will continue to be Leo Messi,'' Bartomeu said at Camp Nou Stadium. ''But it's true that there are other young players who are coming. Players coming from abroad, but also players coming from our La Masia (academy).