Messi: I'll never leave Barca

Lionel Messi claims he never wants to leave Barcelona after signing a new contract with the club until 2016. The 22-year-old is now committed to the European champions for what will likely be the best years of his career. Messi, who was previously signed to Barcelona until 2014, has had his release clause increased from £225 million in a move to end any further speculation about his future. He told the club's website: "I want to spend all my career here, in Barcelona, if it's possible. "I would love to finish at Barcelona. This contract is a result of everything that happened last year and of what I have done since coming into the first team. "I am simply one more person in this spectacular group of players, where there is a team that is very nice, very united and in which I am simply part of continuing to win things."

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ITN | September 19, 2009

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