lifetime deal

MADRID: Barcelona will offer Lionel Messi a lifetime contract at the club, CEO Oscar Grau said on Saturday. Messi, 30, agreed a four-year deal with Barcelona in July, although has not officially signed it yet. Grau, speaking at the club’s annual general meeting, said the Argentine forward would be offered a similar deal to the one Barca’s Spanish midfielder Andres Iniesta signed this month. Read More: Barcelona says ban on Messi ‘unfair' “Messi signed a four-year deal in June, but the club will offer him a lifetime…