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Lionel Messi ‘must take pay-cut’ if he wants to stay at Barcelona

La Liga Santander - FC Barcelona v Real Betis - Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain - November 7, 2020 Barcelona's Lionel Messi reacts [REUTERS/Albert Gea]

Lionel Messi will have to take a significant wage cut if he wants to remain at Barcelona.

That's according to presidential hopeful Toni Freixa, who reckons the 32-year-old's current deal with the Catalan club is too great an expenditure.

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