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