Lionel Messi will retire as a Barcelona player in "three or four years", according to club president Josep Maria Bartomeu.
Six-time Ballon d'Or winner Messi has a contract at Camp Nou until the end of the 2020-21 season, but Bartomeu last month said he expects the superstar forward to sign an extension.
The 33-year-old has been linked with a return to boyhood club Newell's Old Boys before hanging up his boots.
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However, Bartomeu has no doubt Barca's all-time leading goalscorer will end his career with the Catalan giants, which could happen by 2023.